Hands to Work: Three Women Navigate the New World of Welfare Deadlines and Work Rules - Softcover

Hancock, Lynnell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060512164 ISBN 13: 9780060512163

Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2002

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Book by Hancock LynNell

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Críticas:

"Incisive." -- Publishers Weekly

"Attention-holding and articulate, this important book on how America treats residents who are 'down and out' is highly recommended."--Library Journal

"Copies of Hancock's book should be shoved, before the reauthorization vote, into the hands of every member of Congress."--Mother Jones

"An eloquent, affecting look at the faces behind the statistics."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Indelibly puts human faces and human hearts on all the grand pronouncements of social policy."--Samuel G. Freedman, author of Small Victories

"A deeply important narrative...I challenge any citizen to read this book without a sense of shame and fury."--Jonathan Kozol

"Incisive."--Publishers Weekly

"Provides a mesmerizing read for anyone who is curious about how welfare reform is working on the streets."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Attention-holding and articulate, this important book on how America treats residents who are down and out is highly recommended. --Library Journal"

An eloquent, affecting look at the faces behind the statistics. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"

Reseña del editor:

By sharing the stories of three families who are learning the new rules and regulations of welfare, the author presents a thought-provoking examination of the welfare laws, policies, and reforms of the last decade, simplifying the modern conceptions of poverty and revealing how welfare policy and reform have been conceived. Reprint.

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• Verlag: Harper Perennial
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0060512164
• ISBN 13: 9780060512163
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336