| Working at the Margins: Moving Off Welfare in America Contributor(s): Riemer, Frances Julia (Author), Erickson, Frederick (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0791449262 ISBN-13: 9780791449264 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Services - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 331.54 |
| LCCN: 00064086 |
| Series: Suny Series, Power, Social Identity, and Education |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.92" W x 8.95" (0.89 lbs) 317 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Working at the Margins describes and analyzes the move, from welfare rolls to paid employment, of adults who were marginalized from the mainstream by race, ethnicity, language, and economic status. Frances Julia Riemer utilizes ethnographic data gathered over two years from four workplaces that employed thirty seven former welfare recipients. She examines how the private sector accommodates these workers and their differences and how the workers themselves negotiate the barriers they experience. The book illustrates how government policies and adult-education initiatives, designed ostensibly to create opportunities, often reify existing inequalities. |