Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Abramovitz, Mimi

Titel

Welfare Reform in the United States: gender, race and class matter

Ist Teil von

• Critical social policy, 2006-05, Vol.26 (2), p.336-364

Ort / Verlag

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article argues that gender, race and class matter in welfare reform. It provides a brief historical overview of the US welfare programme for single mothers; describes the main provisions of welfare reform (enforcing work, promoting marriage and limiting the role of the federal government in wider society); and identifies the impact on women and children. It concludes that welfare reform is best understood as part of the neo-liberal/Right attack on the state.