Handler, Joel F.

Blame welfare, ignore poverty and inequality / Joel F. Handler, Yeheskel Hasenfeld - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 - xiii, 401 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-378) and indexes

Introduction -- The state of poverty : TANF recipients -- The response to poverty and inequality : the welfare state -- Demonizing the single-mother family : the path to welfare reform -- The welfare bureaucracy -- Work and the low-wage labor market : mothers and children -- Welfare reform and moral entrepreneurship : promoting marriage and responsible parenthood and preventing teenage pregnancy -- Addressing poverty and inequality

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Public welfare--United States
Family policy--United States
Welfare recipients--Government policy--United States
Low-income single mothers--Government policy--United States
Poor families--Government policy--United States
Poverty--United States
Equality--United States