The causes and consequences U.S. welfare retrenchment

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 47-63

  Reese, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business interests; Christian right; Patriarchal ideologies; Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act; Poverty; Racism; U.S. politics; Welfare recipients; Welfare reform policies; Welfare state retrenchment

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749005036     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v11n03_05     Document Type: Article

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