Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform (häftad)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
298
Utgivningsdatum
1997-08-01
Upplaga
2nd ed.
Förlag
University of Chicago Press
Illustrationer
8 halftones, 14 tables
Dimensioner
237 x 157 x 22 mm
Vikt
595 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780226303925

Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform

Mothers' Pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929

av Joanne L Goodwin
Inbunden,  Engelska, 1997-08-01
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Exploring the origins of welfare in the context of local politics, this book examines the first welfare policy created specifically for mother-only families. Chicago initiated the largest mothers' pension programme in the United States in 1911. Evolving alongside movements for industrial justice and women's suffrage, the mothers' pension movement hoped to provide "justice for mothers" and protection from life's insecurities. However, local politics and public finance derailed the policy, entangling it in a social hierarchy of entitlements and exclusions. Widows were more likely to receive penisons than deserted women and unwed mothers; and African-American mothers were routinely excluded because they were proven breadwinners yet did not compete with white men for jobs. This revealing study shows how assumptions about women's roles have historically shaped public policy, and seeks to shed light on the ongoing controversy of welfare reform.
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List of Tables Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Defining the Problems of "Dependent Motherhood" 2: The Structure of Public Provision: Gender and Race in Chicago's Welfare System 3: Gender and Social Policy: The Origins of Mothers' Pension Policy in Illinois 4: The Politics of Welfare Reform 5: The Economies of Mothers' Pensions Conclusion Appendix: Legislative and Judicial Changes in the Illinois 'Aid to Mothers' Law Notes Bibliography Index

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