Stretched thin
Subtitle: poor families, welfare work, and welfare reform
By: Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, Jill Weigt.
Contributors: Acker, Joan.; Weigt, Jill Michele, 1967-
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780801447747; 9780801475108
Subjects: Oregon. -- Adult and Family Services Division; United States; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program); Public welfare -- Oregon; Public welfare administration -- Oregon; Welfare recipients -- Oregon; Poor families -- Oregon; Social workers -- Oregon
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : questioning the success of welfare reform; title: History and political economy of welfare in the United States and Oregon; title: Velvet gloves, iron fists, and rose-colored glasses : welfare administrators and the official story of welfare restructuring; title: Doing the work of welfare : enforcing "self-sufficiency" on the front lines; title: Negotiating neoliberal ideology and "on the ground" reality in welfare work; title: The other side of the desk : client experiences and perspectives on welfare restructuring; title: Life after welfare : the costs of low-wage employment; title: Conclusion : reforming welfare "reform."