Not Working: Latina Immigrants, Low-wage Jobs and the Failure of Welfare Reform

by JeanneTheoharis (Author), Alejandra Marchevsky (Author)

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2006
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Chronicles the effects of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that ended welfare. This book profiles the day-to-day struggles of Mexican immigrant women in the Los Angeles area, showing that the welfare-to-work regime has produced tremendous instability and insecurity for these women and their children.

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Chronicles the effects of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that ended welfare. This book profiles the day-to-day struggles of Mexican immigrant women in the Los Angeles area, showing that the "welfare-to-work" regime has produced tremendous instability and insecurity for these women and their children.

$36.80

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: annotated edition
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 15 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 0814757103
ISBN 13: 9780814757109