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So You Think I Drive a Cadillac?: Welfare Recipients' Perspectives on the System and Its Reform (2nd Edition)

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Author: Karen Seccombe
Publisher: Allyn Bacon
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
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Pages: 264
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.8 x 0.6

ISBN: 0205487394
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.580973
EAN: 9780205487394
ASIN: 0205487394

Publication Date: February 16, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
This down-to-earth look at the welfare system provides readers with stories from welfare recipients themselves and from those who recently left welfare for work: how they got onto welfare, what the reality of welfare (and welfare reform) is for them, issues in raising their families, their plans, hopes, and dreams are for the future, and some of the struggles they face as they try to leave the welfare system. Welfare recipients who were interviewed by the author in Florida and Oregon share their perspectives on work requirements, family caps, time limits, and other features of the new welfare reform (TANF) program. They discuss the importance of a livable wage and health insurance in providing the needed security to leave welfare for good. These qualitative interviews are theoretically grounded, and supplemented with up-to-date statewide and national data on welfare reform and its consequences. The author says, "Underneath the political rhetoric and welfare statistics are real live human beings who are trying to make sense out of their lives." Their voices provide a crucial counterpoint to the politicians and policy "experts" who have shaped the policy reform initiative. They show us that the so-called welfare problem is related to the insecurity of low-tier work in the United States.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Plain language a welcome when discussing poverty and welfare January 19, 2001
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

Finally, a book that discusses the subject of poverty, welfare dependency and our economic system by using the plain, spoken English language. Gone are the doctorial essays on social stratification, mind-numbing research statistics, and twenty letter words. This book provides a superb overview of the subject without it being too elementary. She uses renown experts on the subject, and than paraphrases/summarizes their conclusions in easy to understand language. As a teacher of poverty at a community college, it was a welcome relief to assign readings from this book because the students were able to grasp the subject so much better than with textbooks written for people already having a good foundation in economics, sociology and scientific inquiry. Thank you Karen Seccombe for telling it like it is, and doing it in language that most can understand.

5 out of 5 stars

TREMENDOUSLY INSIGHTFUL! July 18, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

This work brings into the light the hardships that women on welfare endure. It does women on welfare justice that this work was published. The author was very thorough in her research, and brought out many things about our welfare system that I was unware of. I would definitely recommend this book to other people. It's a must read!

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