Good Parents or Good Workers? - How Policy Shapes Families' Daily Lives (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

"Good Parents or Good Workers?" draws upon new ethnographic studies and longitudinal interviews that are reporting on the daily lives of women and children under new welfare policy pressures. Contributors look at family policy in the context of daily demands and critique new social programs that are designed to strengthen families. The book is divided into three course-friendly sections that deal with the impact of welfare reform on caregiving, the lived experiences of low-income families, and family policy debates." Good Parents or Good Workers?" is an important text on the impacts of welfare reform that will be essential reading in a variety of courses in education, sociology, and politics.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2000
First published:	2005
Authors:	Nana
Foreword by:	I. Sawhill
Editors:	Jill Duerr Berrick • Bruce Fuller
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	186
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-6964-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching skills & techniques Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > General
LSN:	1-4039-6964-7
Barcode:	9781403969644

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