{"product_id":"women-in-the-american-welfare-catherine-kingfisher-9780812215151","title":"Women in the American Welfare Trap","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the United States, a majority of the poor and those who work with the poor are women. Recipients of public assistance and the welfare workers who serve them are both trapped at the bottom of the American welfare system. How do they perceive their place in society? How do they assess their self-worth in the hierarchy of a bureaucratic system? In this ethnographic study of a welfare office and two welfare rights groups, Catherine Pelissier Kingfisher addresses these issues in a thought-provoking analysis, based on the women's conversations with each other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen in the American Welfare Trap\u003c\/i\u003e addresses a range of significant issues: policy formation and implementation, the role of men in women's economic lives, low-income women's beliefs and aspirations, and the possibilities for women cooperatively working to change the welfare system. Indeed, Kingfisher demonstrates that women who are often viewed as victims without control actively work within the confines of the system to exert their autonomy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Kingfisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081221515X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812215151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.04w x 0.57d","brand":"Catherine Kingfisher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457727213823,"sku":"9780812215151","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19799d06-bcb3-4a26-a74d-50c2798c5937.jpg?v=1777400678","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-in-the-american-welfare-catherine-kingfisher-9780812215151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}