Good Parents or Good Workers? : How Policy Shapes Families’ Daily Lives /
Contributor(s): Berrick, Jill Duerr [editor.] | Fuller, Bruce [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.Description: 208 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781403980533.Subject(s): Social sciences | Educational policy | ducation and state | Education -- Philosophy | Social work | Childhood | Adolescence | Social groups | Education and state | Social Sciences | Education Policy | Learning & Instruction | Childhood, Adolescence and Society | Educational Philosophy | Educational Policy and Politics | Social WorkDDC classification: 379 Online resources: Click here to access online
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Springer eBooksSummary: Good Parents or Good Workers? draws upon new ethnographic studies and longitudinal interviews that are reporting on the daily lives of women and children under new welfare policy pressures. Contributors look at family policy in the context of daily demands and critique new social programs that are designed to strengthen families. The book is divided into three course-friendly sections that deal with the impact of welfare reform on caregiving, the lived experiences of low-income families, and family policy debates. Good Parents or Good Workers? is an important text on the impacts of welfare reform that will be essential reading in a variety of courses in education, sociology, and politics.
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Good Parents or Good Workers? draws upon new ethnographic studies and longitudinal interviews that are reporting on the daily lives of women and children under new welfare policy pressures. Contributors look at family policy in the context of daily demands and critique new social programs that are designed to strengthen families. The book is divided into three course-friendly sections that deal with the impact of welfare reform on caregiving, the lived experiences of low-income families, and family policy debates. Good Parents or Good Workers? is an important text on the impacts of welfare reform that will be essential reading in a variety of courses in education, sociology, and politics.
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