Work, Welfare, and Politics
Sandra Morgen, Margaret Hallock, Joan Acker, and Frances Fox Piven
Copublished by University of Oregon Press.
This book sheds much-needed light on the ideology and impacts of recent welfare reform legislation. Noted scholars, advocates, and policy makers explore the issues currently facing legislators, including welfare-to-work policies, daycare, and job training. From politics and social control to families and childcare, this volume is comprehensive in scope and offers concrete suggestions for authentic welfare reform.
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Sandra Morgen (1950-2016) was professor of anthropology at University of Oregon.
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Margaret Hallock is the founding director of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon and a former faculty member in the Department of Economics at UO.
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Joan Acker (1924-2016) was a sociologist, researcher, writer, and educator. In 1973, she founded the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon
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Frances Fox Piven is an internationally renowned social scientist, scholar, and activist. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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