Poverty, battered women, and work in U.S. public policy / Lisa D. Brush.
2011
362.82/92561 B912p 2011
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Title
Poverty, battered women, and work in U.S. public policy / Lisa D. Brush.
Author
ISBN
9780195398502 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195398505 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195398505 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
viii, 197 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Other Standard Identifiers
6931954
Call Number
362.82/92561 B912p 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)712780785
(OCoLC)712780785
(OCoLC)712780785
Summary
Offers insight on the impact of work requirements and other post-welfare changes on the lives of low-income and battered mothers through personal narratives and an analysis of earnings, welfare, and restraining order data; argues that current policies and practices trap women in poverty and abuse; and suggests a new way of calculating the costs of battering.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-163) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Conventional wisdom and its discontents
What happens when abusers follow women to work?
Calculating the costs of taking a beating
Welfare recipients talk back
Conclusions.
Conventional wisdom and its discontents
What happens when abusers follow women to work?
Calculating the costs of taking a beating
Welfare recipients talk back
Conclusions.
Series
Interpersonal violence.
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