Welfare mothers are popularly viewed as passively dependent on their checks and averse to work. Reformers across the political spectrum advocate moving these women off the welfare rolls and into the labor force as the solution to their problems. Making Ends Meet offers dramatic evidence toward a dif...
Kathryn Edin, Laura Lein
Paperback
340
Russell Sage Foundation
087154234X
9780871542342
2
Paperback
Russell Sage Foundation
10
Laura Lein
Hardcover
128
Lexington Books
0669070467
9780669070460
8
Poor Families in America's Health Care Crisis examines the implications of the fragmented and two-tiered health insurance system in the United States for the health care access of low-income families. For a large fraction of Americans their jobs do not provide health insurance or other benefits and ...
Ronald J. Angel, Laura Lein, Jane Henrici
Paperback
272
Cambridge University Press
0521546761
9780521546768
5
Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. In this study, the authors use extensive interviews with Katrina evacuees and reports from service providers to identify what helped or hindered the reestablishment of the ...
Ronald J. Angel, Holly Bell, Julie Beausoleil, Laura Lein
Hardcover
250
Cambridge University Press
1107002958
9781107002951
4
Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic BookIn the decade since President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 into law—amidst promises that it would "end welfare as we know it"—have the reforms ending entitlements and moving toward time limits and...
Laura Lein, Deanna T. Schexnayder, Karen Douglas, Daniel Schroeder
Paperback
191
University of Texas Press
0292716672
9780292716674
3
Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. In this study, the authors use extensive interviews with Katrina evacuees and reports from service providers to identify what helped or hindered the reestablishment of the ...
Ronald J. Angel, Holly Bell, Julie Beausoleil, Laura Lein
Paperback
250
Cambridge University Press
0521176166
9780521176163
1
Authorities explore the implications of social networks for women and men in several significant social contexts, including social support systems during the parenting years, and those for the elderly, black families, and poor families.
Laura Lein, Marvin B Sussman
Hardcover
111
Routledge
0866561617
9780866561617
6
Laura Lein
0292716664
Laura Lein
0292716672
Laura Lein
0521546761
Laura Lein
0664245501
Laura Lein
0669070467
Laura Lein
0871542293
Laura Lein
0866561617