Living economic restructuring at the bottom: Welfare restructuring and Low-Wage work

The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 81-94

  Morgen, Sandra ^a   Acker, Joan ^a   Gonzales, Lisa ^a   Weigt, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748281828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203820254     Document Type: Chapter

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