When welfare disappears : the case for economic human rights

When welfare disappears : the case for economic human rights /

Offers a history of welfare and an understanding of the diverse characteristics of lone-mother-headed families affected by welfare reform. The author offers a comparison of many industrialized nation's welfare policies, and presents an argument for curtailing the end of welfare as we know it: t...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neubeck, Kenneth J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2006.
Subjects:
USA > Government
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Public welfare > Economic aspects > United States.
Welfare recipients > United States > Economic conditions.
Poverty > Government policy > United States.
Aide sociale > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Poverty > Government policy.
Public welfare > Economic aspects.
Welfare recipients > Economic conditions.
Sozialhilfeempfänger.
Sozialpolitik
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Wohlfahrtsstaat
Verzorgingsstaat.
Eenoudergezinnen.
Moeders.
Armoede.
Mensenrechten.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : combating poverty, respecting economic human rights
  • U.S. welfare policy : from supporting motherhood to a war against the poor
  • Building character through adversity : general outcomes of welfare reform
  • Varieties of little-noticed suffering : deconstructing welfare-reliant families
  • Combating family poverty : how other affluent nations are more successful, and why this is so
  • Establishing respect for economic human rights in the United States.

Similar Items