{"product_id":"welfare-a-documentary-history-of-u-s-policy-and-politics-paperback-1","title":"Welfare: A Documentary History of U.S. Policy and Politics - Paperback","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\u003eGwendolyn Mink\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRickie Solinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFrances Fox Piven\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFederal welfare policy has been a political and cultural preoccupation in the United States for nearly seven decades. Debates about who poor people are, how they got that way, and what the government should do about poverty were particularly bitter and misleading at the end of the twentieth century. These public discussions left most Americans with far more attitude than information about poverty, the poor, and poverty policy in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e In response, Gwendolyn Mink and Rickie Solinger compiled the first documentary history of welfare in America, from its origins through the present. \u003cb\u003eWelfare: A Documentary History of U.S. Policy and Politics\u003c\/b\u003e provides historical context for understanding recent policy developments, as it traces public opinion, recipients' experiences, and policy continuities and innovations over time. The documents collected range across more than 100 years, from government documents and proclamations of presidents throughout the 20th century, to accounts of activist and grass roots organizations, newspaper reports and editorials, political cartoons, posters and more.\u003cbr\u003e They enable readers to go straight to the source to find out how public figures racialized welfare in the minds of white Americans, to explore the origins of the claim that poor women have babies in order to collect welfare, and to trace how that notion has been perpetuated and contested. The documents also illustrate how policymakers in different eras have invoked and politicized the idea of dependency, as well as how ideas about women's dependency have followed changing characterizations of poor women as workers and as mothers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWelfare\u003c\/b\u003e provides a picture of the government's evolving ideas about poverty and provision, along side powerful examples of the voices too often eclipsed in the public square--welfare recipients and their advocates, speaking about mothering, poverty, and human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGwendolyn Mink (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGwendolyn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMink\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor of Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Smith College. She is the author and editor of many books, most recently coauthor of \u003ci\u003eEnsuring Poverty: Welfare Reform in Feminist Perspective.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRickie Solinger (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRickie Solinger\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian, the editor of a book series on reproductive justice, and a curator who organizes exhibitions associated with the themes of her books. Her books include \u003ci\u003eWake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Abortionist: A Woman Against the Law\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeggars and Choosers: How the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption, Abortion, and Welfare in the United States.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Fox Piven (Foreword by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrances Fox Piven\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate School, City University of New York. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eWork, Welfare and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other award-winning books include \u003ci\u003eRegulating the Poor, Why Americans Don't Vote\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail \u003c\/i\u003e(all with Richard Cloward). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 817\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 10.02 x 6.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731750744371,"sku":"9780814756546","price":83.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dUdsbkx3NmEyaGc1NDNRc3pJTEQ4UT09_91c71a77-e7b3-42de-b9e4-d3bbf5564a4c.webp?v=1763866911","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/welfare-a-documentary-history-of-u-s-policy-and-politics-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}