Backlash against Welfare Mothers
Subtitle: Past and Present
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780520244610
Subjects: Family welfare; Women's studies; Sociology; Political Science; Government And Social Welfare; Sociology (General); Sociology - General; Public welfare; Politics/International Relations; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Anthropology - General; General; Poverty; Social Science / Sociology / General; Employment; United States; Welfare recipients; Aid to families with dependent children programs; History
First sentence: In 1996, following mounting attacks on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which significantly restricted poor families' rights to income and social services.