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
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