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This critical historical analysis of U.S. social welfare policy argues that the "feminization of poverty" is not a recent development but dates back to colonial times. Abramovitz (social work, Hunter) demonstrates how rules and regulations of social welfare programs have been ideologically based, related to the assignment of homemaking and childcare responsibilities to women. She examines this policy, which has served women poorly, and its relationship to key programs: Social Security, AFDC, unemployment insurance. Ambitious and well researched, despite reliance on sweeping historical overview; of wide interest. Marie Marmo Mullaney, Caldwell Coll., N.J.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Social welfare policy history is presented from colonial to modern times in a revised edition of a classic. Abramovitz provides a strong and important analysis of the role of gender in American social welfare, exploring the ideology, economics, and politics of relief programs. An important coverage evolves. -- Midwest Book Review
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industrial family ethic, colonial family ethic, colonial poor laws, new family ethic, entire welfare state, husbandless women, old age insurance program, prescribed wife, female paupers, jobless women, social patriarchy, free white women, jobless workers, familial patriarchy, patriarchal arrangements, married women workers, child removal, proper family life, protective labor laws, black female slaves, black women workers, free black women, reproductive tasks, wider social order, family governance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Gender, like race and class, structures the organization of social life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
industrial family ethic, colonial family ethic, colonial poor laws, new family ethic, entire welfare state, husbandless women, old age insurance program, prescribed wife, female paupers, jobless women, social patriarchy, free white women, jobless workers, familial patriarchy, patriarchal arrangements, married women workers, child removal, proper family life, protective labor laws, black female slaves, black women workers, free black women, reproductive tasks, wider social order, family governance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Civil War, Oxford University Press, World War, Advisory Council, New Deal, Women's Bureau, Harvard University Press, Department of Labor, New England, South Carolina, Department of Health, Green Book, Supreme Court, White House Conference, Congressional Budget Office, House of Representatives, North Carolina, National Conference, The University of Chicago Press, Final Report, President's Committee, Staff Reports, Vintage Books New!
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