| Teen Mothers--Citizens or Dependents? Contributor(s): Horowitz, Ruth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226353796 ISBN-13: 9780226353791 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1996 Annotation: Horowitz examines one of the most critical questions of welfare policy: how can a government program help one of society's most needful groups move from welfare dependency to employment, independence, and responsible citizenship? This book brings to life the dramas of women on welfare--women that daily face drams unknown to most Americans. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 362.829 |
| LCCN: 94016034 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.03" W x 9.02" (0.86 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a book that speaks clearly and forcefully to the heart of the welfare debate in the United States, Ruth Horowitz examines one of the most critical questions of welfare policy: how can a United States government program help teen mothers--one of the most needful groups of all welfare recipients--move from welfare dependency to employment, independence, and responsible citizenship? Rich vignettes reveal the complexities of teenage mothers' lives, particularly the disjuncture between classroom and street identities, 'inside' and 'outside.' . . . Original and illuminating as well as timely.--Sharon Thompson, Women's Review of Books Horowitz offers insights that should be considered in the debate over welfare reform. . . . Teen Mothers . . . places Horowitz's results in the context of major theories about the role of welfare in the U.S. and offers a microlevel critique of the implicit assumptions and probable consequences of each theory's approach to welfare reform.--Booklist |