Explaining US welfare reform: Power, gender, race and the US policy legacy

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-118

  Orloff, Ann Shola ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid to families with dependent children; Earned income tax credit; Employment; Models of motherhood; Temporary assistance to needy families

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WELFARE REFORM; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036182775     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02610183020220010801     Document Type: Article

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