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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Experience the truth about life on welfare and what it means to be pour   “So You Think I Drive a Cadillac?” Welfare Recipients’ Perspectives on the System and Its Reform, 4/e provides readers with first person accounts from welfare recipients and from those who recently left welfare for work.  Students will see that poverty is about more than just not having enough money. This title explains what it is like to live on welfare, the circumstances that brought individuals to welfare, and some of the struggles they face leaving the welfare system.

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In this Section: Brief Table of Contents Detailed Table of Contents I) Brief Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction: Putting a Face on Welfare Chapter 2. Historical and Persisting Dilemmas: How Do We Explain Poverty, What Should We Do about It? Chapter 3. Stigma and Discrimination Chapter 4. Why Welfare? Chapter 5. Day-to-Day Living and Decision Making Chapter 6. Living and Surviving Welfare: The Importance of Family, Friends, and Formal Support Chapter 7. Insiders’ Perspectives on the Welfare System Chapter 8. Getting Off Welfare Chapter 9. Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Visions of Change II) Detailed Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction: Putting a Face on Welfare Critical and Feminist Frameworks Specific Contributions of This Study of Lived Experience Welfare and Public Policy Where Are the Voices of Welfare Recipients in the Discussion? A National Profile of Welfare Recipients Who Are the Participants in This Study? Conclusion and Organization Chapter 2. Historical and Persisting Dilemmas: How Do We Explain Poverty, What Should We Do about It? History of Cash Assistance Welfare Reform: “Ending Welfare As We Know It” Chapter 3. Stigma and Discrimination Awareness of Societal Attitudes toward Welfare Recipients Managing Stigma Chapter 4. Why Welfare? The Influence of Social Structure Fatalism Why the Inconsistency between Explanations of Their Own and Others’ Use of Welfare? Chapter 5. Day-to-Day Living and Decision Making Daily Activities: Wild Living or Depressing Routine? Making Ends Meet with “The Check” Living and Surviving on Food Stamps Juggling Bills Coping with the Stress Affording Life’s “Luxuries” Supplementing Welfare Chapter 6. Living and Surviving Welfare: The Importance of Family, Friends, and Formal Support Informal Support: Help from Families, Friends and Neighbors, and Children’s Fathers Formal Support: Help from Charities and Social Services Working Side Jobs: Is This Fraud? Chapter 7. Insiders’ Perspectives on the Welfare System Florida WAGES: A Case Example The Role of Government Opinions of the Welfare System Welfare Reforms Ideas for Reform Chapter 8. Getting Off Welfare The Women in the Middle: Increasing Human Capital Is Only One Answer The Importance of Our Social Structure Chapter 9. Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Visions of Change The Gendered Nature of Welfare and Welfare Reform Has Welfare Reform Been a Success or a Failure? Insights from Other Countries


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  • ISBN-13: 9780133946529
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0133946525
  • Publisher Date: 16 Feb 2015
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Weight: 1 gr


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