02650nam a22004454a 4500 ebr10170567 CaPaEBR 20260707182316.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 051012s2006 nyu sb 001 0 eng 2005029382 081475709X (cloth : alk. paper) 0814757103 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)648182581 n-us--- n-us-ca HV95 .M2737 2006eb 362.5/84 22 133845 106259 Marchevsky, Alejandra. 180228 Not working [electronic resource] : Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis. New York : New York University Press, c2006. xi, 308 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index. Introduction: Latinas on the fault lines of citizenship -- PART I: NEITHER A HANDUP NOR A HANDOUT: Ending welfare: new nativism and the triumph of post-civil rights politics -- Powers in the suburbs: race and redevelopment policy in Long Beach -- PART II: ANY JOB AT ANY WAGE: Tough love in L. A. County: the failure of welfare-to-work -- The myth of welfare dependency: caught between welfare and work -- "It's not what you choose, but where they send you": inside personal responsibility -- Conclusion: The emperor's new welfare: reassessing the "success" of welfare reform. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program) 100994 United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. 132091 Welfare recipients Employment United States. 100995 Public welfare Political aspects United States. 180229 Mexican American women California Long Beach Social conditions. 180230 Mexican American women California Long Beach Economic conditions. 180231 Immigrants California Long Beach Social conditions. 180232 Immigrants California Long Beach Economic conditions. 180233 Electronic books. local 190 Theoharis, Jeanne. 180234 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10170567 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 133845 106259