Marchevsky, Alejandra. <br/><br/>
Not working  Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform /  [electronic resource] : 
Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis. 
 - New York :  New York University Press,  c2006. 
 - xi, 308 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Latinas on the fault lines of citizenship -- PART I: NEITHER A HANDUP NOR A HANDOUT: Ending welfare: new nativism and the triumph of post-civil rights politics -- Powers in the suburbs: race and redevelopment policy in Long Beach -- PART II: ANY JOB AT ANY WAGE: Tough love in L. A. County: the failure of welfare-to-work -- The myth of welfare dependency: caught between welfare and work -- "It's not what you choose, but where they send you": inside personal responsibility -- Conclusion: The emperor's new welfare: reassessing the "success" of welfare reform. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814761311 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program)<br/>United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Welfare recipients--Employment--United States.<br/>Public welfare--Political aspects--United States.<br/>Mexican American women--Social conditions.--California--Long Beach<br/>Mexican American women--Economic conditions.--California--Long Beach<br/>Immigrants--Social conditions.--California--Long Beach<br/>Immigrants--Economic conditions.--California--Long Beach
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV95  / .M2737 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.5/84