Kathleen Pickering is Professor of Anthropology at Colorado State University. Mark H. Harvey is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida Atlantic University. Gene F. Summers is Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. David Mushinski is Associate Professor of Economics at Colorado State University.

“Rural poverty has been seriously neglected by scholars, making this book particularly welcome. It is balanced, well written, and focused on a timely issue. It should be of interest to social workers and a broad array of social scientists.”—S. Pressman Choice

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Tables and FiguresIntroduction1.Rural Places, State Welfare Policies, and Theoretical BasesPart I: What the Numbers Tell Us2.Welfare Caseloads: Changes in Public Assistance Program Use3.Labor Markets: From TANF to Low-Wage Part-Time Jobs4.Poverty: Family and Community Well-BeingPart II: What the People Told Us5.Welfare Reform on the Reservation, South Dakota6.Welfare Reform in Appalachia, Kentucky7.Welfare Reform in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas8.Welfare Reform in the Mississippi Delta, Mississippi9.Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural PovertyAppendix A: TANF Participant Respondent CharacteristicsAppendix B: Cluster Counties and ReservationsReferencesIndex

Kathleen Pickering is Professor of Anthropology at Colorado State University. Mark H. Harvey is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida Atlantic University. Gene F. Summers is Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. David Mushinski is Associate Professor of Economics at Colorado State University.

“Rural poverty has been seriously neglected by scholars, making this book particularly welcome. It is balanced, well written, and focused on a timely issue. It should be of interest to social workers and a broad array of social scientists.”—S. Pressman Choice

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Tables and FiguresIntroduction1.Rural Places, State Welfare Policies, and Theoretical BasesPart I: What the Numbers Tell Us2.Welfare Caseloads: Changes in Public Assistance Program Use3.Labor Markets: From TANF to Low-Wage Part-Time Jobs4.Poverty: Family and Community Well-BeingPart II: What the People Told Us5.Welfare Reform on the Reservation, South Dakota6.Welfare Reform in Appalachia, Kentucky7.Welfare Reform in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas8.Welfare Reform in the Mississippi Delta, Mississippi9.Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural PovertyAppendix A: TANF Participant Respondent CharacteristicsAppendix B: Cluster Counties and ReservationsReferencesIndex

Kathleen Pickering is Professor of Anthropology at Colorado State University. Mark H. Harvey is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida Atlantic University. Gene F. Summers is Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. David Mushinski is Associate Professor of Economics at Colorado State University.

“Rural poverty has been seriously neglected by scholars, making this book particularly welcome. It is balanced, well written, and focused on a timely issue. It should be of interest to social workers and a broad array of social scientists.”—S. Pressman Choice

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Tables and FiguresIntroduction1.Rural Places, State Welfare Policies, and Theoretical BasesPart I: What the Numbers Tell Us2.Welfare Caseloads: Changes in Public Assistance Program Use3.Labor Markets: From TANF to Low-Wage Part-Time Jobs4.Poverty: Family and Community Well-BeingPart II: What the People Told Us5.Welfare Reform on the Reservation, South Dakota6.Welfare Reform in Appalachia, Kentucky7.Welfare Reform in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas8.Welfare Reform in the Mississippi Delta, Mississippi9.Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural PovertyAppendix A: TANF Participant Respondent CharacteristicsAppendix B: Cluster Counties and ReservationsReferencesIndex