Blame welfare, ignore poverty and inequality - Handler, Joel F.; Hasenfeld, Yeheskel (New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007)
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
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-378) and indexes
Keywords: 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