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WHEN WORK DOESN'T WORK

dc.contributor.authorMcCrate, Elaineen_US
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Joanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:54:28Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:54:28Z
dc.date.issued1998en_US
dc.identifier.citationMcCRATE, ELAINE; SMITH, JOAN (1998). "WHEN WORK DOESN'T WORK." Gender & Society 1(12): 61-80. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67887>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0891-2432en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67887
dc.description.abstractMandatory workfare has been the centerpiece of welfare reform in this decade. In 1992-94, there was a pitched legislative battle over mandatory workfare in Vermont. Feminist organizations mobilized to oppose the mandatory work requirement, producing data to substantiate the claims that women's jobs did not pay enough to purchase basic needs for their families, that unemployment remained a serious problem for single mothers, and that in states where workfare had already been adopted, it did not raise families out of poverty. Vermont's original bill was made less punitive for welfare recipients in some significant respects as a result of the debate.en_US
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dc.publisherSAGE Periodicals Pressen_US
dc.titleWHEN WORK DOESN'T WORKen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelWomen's and Gender Studiesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Vermonten_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Vermonten_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67887/2/10.1177_089124398012001004.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/089124398012001004en_US
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