Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Marchewsky, Alejandra
- Creator
- Theoharis, Jeanne
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- VS 5 2006
- Thesaurus
- migratie, latina's, Mexicaans, gelijke beloning, overheidsbeleid, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- Not working chronicles the effects of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that 'ended welfare as we know it'. The book profiles the day-to-day struggles of Mexican immigrant women in the Los Angeles area, showing the increased vulnerability they face in the welfare office and labour market. The authors argue that the new politics of welfare enable greater infringements of rights and liberty for many of America's most vulnerable and constitute a crucial component of the broader assault on American citizenship.