Living on the edge in suburbia
Subtitle: from welfare to workfare
By: Terese Lawinski.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826516992; 9780826517005
Subjects: Public welfare -- New York (State) -- Westchester County; Welfare recipients -- New York (State) -- Westchester County -- Case studies; Welfare recipients -- Employment -- New York (State) -- Westchester County -- Case studies; Suburbanites -- New York (State) -- Westchester County -- Economic conditions -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Living on the edge in suburbia; title: From welfare to workfare; title: The business of welfare; title: Family needs vs. welfare limits; title: Inflexibility and insecurity of "flexible" labor; title: Work first, workfare and education; title: Divergent interests.