Not-so Rugged Individualists: U.S. Americans’ Conflicting Ideas about Poverty

Authors

Claudia Strauss, Pitzer CollegeFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Program

Anthropology (Pitzer)

Publication Date

2005

Keywords

Public welfare, Poverty, Legislation, Ideology

Abstract

This chapter is part of a book that sheds much-needed light on the ideology and impacts of recent welfare reform legislation. Noted scholars, advocates, and policy makers explore the issues currently facing legislators, including welfare-to-work policies, daycare, and job training. From politics and social control to families and childcare, this volume is comprehensive in scope and offers concrete suggestions for authentic welfare reform.

Comments

Please note that this work is a chapter in Work, Welfare, and Politics: Confronting Poverty in the Wake of Welfare Reform, edited by Frances Fox Piven, Joan Acker, Margaret Hallock, and Sandra Morgen. ISBN: 9780871143013

Rights Information

© 2005 Oregon State University Press

Recommended Citation

Strauss, Claudia. "Not-so Rugged Individualists: U.S. Americans’ Conflicting Ideas about Poverty." Work, Welfare, and Politics: Confronting Poverty in the Wake of Welfare Reform. Ed. Frances Fox Piven, Joan Acker, Margaret Hallock, and Sandra Morgen. Eugene: University of Oregon Press, 2005.