{"product_id":"entitled-to-nothing-the-struggle-for-immigrant-health-care-in-the-age-of-welfare-reform-hardcover-1","title":"Entitled to Nothing: The Struggle for Immigrant Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Sun-Hee Park\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Entitled to Nothing, Lisa Sun-Hee Park investigates how the politics of immigration, health care, and welfare are intertwined. Documenting the formal return of the immigrant as a \"public charge,\" or a burden upon the State, the author shows how the concept has been revived as states adopt punitive policies targeting immigrants of color and require them to \"pay back\" benefits for which they are legally eligible during a time of intense debate regarding welfare reform. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePark argues that the notions of \"public charge\" and \"public burden\" were reinvigorated in the 1990s to target immigrant women of reproductive age for deportation and as part of a larger project of \"disciplining\" immigrants. Drawing on nearly 200 interviews with immigrant organizations, government agencies and safety net providers, as well as careful tracking of policies and media coverage, Park provides vivid, first-person accounts of how struggles over the \"public charge\" doctrine unfolded on the ground, as well as its consequences for the immigrant community. Ultimately, she shows that the concept of \"public charge\" continues to lurk in the background, structuring our conception of who can legitimately access public programs and of the moral economy of work and citizenship in the U.S., and makes important policy suggestions for reforming our immigration system.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Sun-Hee Park\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEntitled to Nothing: The Struggle for Immigrant Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform\u003c\/i\u003e as well as co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America's Eden\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 213\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52988263203123,"sku":"9780814768013","price":199.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Sq7ORGa1aL9780814768013_b547cf01-f2c3-4940-8571-303b8ba6b3e2.webp?v=1769076618","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/entitled-to-nothing-the-struggle-for-immigrant-health-care-in-the-age-of-welfare-reform-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}