Without a Safety Net. / Barbara Ehrenreich and Frances Fox Piven.
by Ehrenreich, Barbara; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 13Family. Publisher: Mother Jones, 2002ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Labor market | Public welfare | Single mothers | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | Unemployment | Welfare recipients -- EmploymentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In 1996, when welfare reform was enacted, a recession seemed about as likely as the destruction of the World Trade Center by a handful of men armed with box cutters. The assumptions behind welfare reform were, one, that a job could lift a family out of poverty and, two, that there would always be enough jobs for anyone plucky enough to go out and land one." (MOTHER JONES) This article examines the consequences of welfare reform during this time when many people, especially single women, have lost their jobs.
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Originally Published: Without a Safety Net, May/June 2002; pp. 34-41.
"In 1996, when welfare reform was enacted, a recession seemed about as likely as the destruction of the World Trade Center by a handful of men armed with box cutters. The assumptions behind welfare reform were, one, that a job could lift a family out of poverty and, two, that there would always be enough jobs for anyone plucky enough to go out and land one." (MOTHER JONES) This article examines the consequences of welfare reform during this time when many people, especially single women, have lost their jobs.
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