Keeping Women and Children Last: America's War on the Poor, Revised Edition by R

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A renowned sociologist revists the explosive issue of women, children, and poverty in this hard-hitting sequel to her searing expose. Sidel explores the condition of America's poor women today, with particular focus on the federal government's attempts to dismantle the welfare system, delivering a chilling indictment of the current trends and political maneuvering that threaten to keep America's poor women and children last.

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In Keeping Women and Children Last, Ruth Sidel shows how America, in its search for a post-Cold War enemy, has turned inward to target single mothers on welfare, and how politicians have scapegoated and stigmatized female-headed families both as a method of social control and to divert attention from the severe problems that Americans face. She reveals the real victims of poverty--the millions of children who suffer from societal neglect, inferior education, inadequate health care, hunger, and homelessness. In this new edition, focusing on the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Sidel reevaluates our social policy, assessing the impact of the "end of welfare as we know it" on America's poor, especially its women and children.

Author Biography

Ruth Sidel, Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, is author of many books including "Keeping Women and Children Last: America's War on the Poor "(revised edition, 1998) and "On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American Dream" (1990).

Table of Contents

Keeping Women and Children Last - Ruth Sidel AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: The Enemy WithinChapter 2: The Assault on the Female-Headed FamilyChapter 3: Who Are the Poor?Chapter 4: Targeting Welfare RecipientsChapter 5: Teenage Mothers: Casualties of a Limited FutureChapter 6: Poor Children: The Walking WoundedChapter 7: A Return to CaringEpilogue: Abandoning the PoorNotesBibliographyIndex

Details ISBN0140276939 Author Ruth Sidel Short Title KEEPING WOMEN & CHILDREN LAST Edition Description Rev Language English ISBN-10 0140276939 ISBN-13 9780140276930 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1998 Pages 288 Imprint The Penguin Press Subtitle America's War on the Poor, Revised Edition Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780140276930 US Release Date 1998-11-01 UK Release Date 1998-11-01 NZ Release Date 1998-10-31 AU Release Date 1998-10-31 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Publication Date 1998-11-01 Replaces 9780140246636 DEWEY 362.50973 Audience General We've got this

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