Teen Mothers--Citizens or Dependents?
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In a book that speaks clearly and forcefully to the heart of the welfare debate in the United States, Ruth Horowitz examines one of the most critical questions of welfare policy: how can a United States government program help teen mothers--one of the most needful groups of all welfare recipients--move from welfare dependency to employment, independence, and responsible citizenship? "Rich vignettes reveal the complexities of teenage mothers' lives, particularly the disjuncture between classroom and street identities, 'inside' and 'outside.' . . . Original and illuminating as well as timely."--Sharon Thompson, Women's Review of Books "Horowitz offers insights that should be considered in the debate over welfare reform. . . . Teen Mothers . . . places Horowitz's results in the context of major theories about the role of welfare in the U.S. and offers a microlevel critique of the implicit assumptions and probable consequences of each theory's approach to welfare reform."--Booklist
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226353796
ISBN13:9780226353791
Release Date:June 1996
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:290 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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