In Keeping Women and Children Last, Ruth Sidel shows how America, in its search for a post-Cold War enemy, has turned inward to target single mothers on welfare, and how politicians have scapegoated and stigmatized female-headed families both as a method of social control and to divert attention from the severe problems that Americans face. She reveals the real victims of poverty--the millions of children who suffer from societal neglect, inferior education, inadequate health care, hunger, and homelessness. In this new edition, focusing on the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Sidel reevaluates our social policy, assessing the impact of the ""end of welfare as we know it"" on America's poor, especially its women and children.
By:
Ruth Sidel Imprint: The Penguin Press Country of Publication: United States Edition: Rev ed. Dimensions:
Height: 195mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 209g ISBN:9780140276930 ISBN 10: 0140276939 Pages: 288 Publication Date:01 November 1998 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Keeping Women and Children Last - Ruth Sidel Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Enemy Within Chapter 2: The Assault on the Female-Headed Family Chapter 3: Who Are the Poor? Chapter 4: Targeting Welfare Recipients Chapter 5: Teenage Mothers: Casualties of a Limited Future Chapter 6: Poor Children: The Walking Wounded Chapter 7: A Return to Caring Epilogue: Abandoning the Poor Notes Bibliography Index
