{"product_id":"both-hands-tied-jane-l-collins-9780226114064","title":"Both Hands Tied: Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom in the Low-Wage Labor Market","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoth Hands Tied\u003c\/i\u003e studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers. Grounded in the experience of thirty-three women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, it tells the story of their struggle to balance child care and wage-earning in poorly paying and often state-funded jobs with inflexible schedules--and the moments when these jobs failed them and they turned to the state for additional aid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer here examine the situations of these women in light of the 1996 national Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and other like-minded reforms--laws that ended the entitlement to welfare for those in need and provided an incentive for them to return to work. Arguing that this reform came at a time of gendered change in the labor force and profound shifts in the responsibilities of family, firms, and the state, \u003ci\u003eBoth Hands Tied \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a stark but poignant portrait of how welfare reform afflicted poor, single-parent families, ultimately eroding the participants' economic rights and affecting their ability to care for themselves and their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane L. Collins, Victoria Mayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226114066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226114064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010","brand":"Jane L. Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946335174911,"sku":"9780226114064","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d37d85d4-6386-49fe-b0a1-55c583d4e0ce.jpg?v=1681512578","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/both-hands-tied-jane-l-collins-9780226114064","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}