Flat Broke with Children

Posted on 16 June 2017 by Sharon Hays

Hailed as a great success, welfare reform resulted in a dramatic decline in the welfare rolls from 4.4 million families in 1996 to 2 million in 2003 But what does this success look like to the welfare mothers and welfare caseworkers who experienced it In Flat Broke With Children, Sharon Hays tells us the story of welfare reform from inside the welfare office and inside the lives of welfare mothers, describing the challenges that welfare recipients face in managing their work, their families, and the rules and regulations of welfare reform Welfare reform, experienced on the ground, is not a rosy picture The majority of adult welfare clients are mothers over 90 percent and the time limits imposed by welfare reform throw millions of these mostly unmarried, desperate women into the labor market, where they must accept low wages, the most menial work, the poorest hours, with no benefits, and little flexibility Hays provides a vivid portrait of their lives debunking many of the stereotypes we have of welfare recipients but she also steps back to explore what welfare reform reveals about the meaning of work and family life in our society In particular, she argues that an inherent contradiction lies at the heart of welfare policy, which emphasizes traditional family values even as its ethic of personal responsibility requires women to work and leave their children in childcare or at home alone all day long Hays devoted three years to visiting welfare clients and two welfare offices, one in a medium sized town in the Southeast, another in a large, metropolitan area in the West Drawing on this hands on research, Flat Broke With Children is the first book to explore the impact of welfare reform on motherhood, marriage, and work in women s lives, and the first book to offer us a portrait of how welfare reform plays out in thousands of local welfare offices and in millions of homes across the nation. Best Download Flat Broke with Children [ Author ] Sharon Hays [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Sharon Hays book Flat Broke with Children provides a revealing picture of what is happening to the poorest people in the U.S in the wake of the 1996 welfare reform By all outward signs, welfare reform seems to address the perceived problems of welfare it has time limits and work requirements it helps with job training and childcare expenses it promotes traditional work ethics as well as traditional family values And it seems to be quite successful according to the numbers Families on Sharon Hays book Flat Broke with Children provides a revealing picture of what is happening to the poorest people in the U.S in the wake of the 1996 welfare reform By all outward signs, welfare reform seems to address the perceived problems of welfare it has time limits and work requirements it helps with job training and childcare expenses it promotes traditional work ethics as well as traditional family values And it seems to be quite successful according to the numbers Families on welfare decreased from 4.4 million in 1996 to 2.1 million in 2001 From outward appearances, it might seem that welfare reform has been a resounding success However, Hays spent three years examining welfare reform from the trenches and paints a human face behind the numbers on the welfare rolls and stereotypes Since the majority of welfare recipients are mothers 90 percent , it means...Again, I love sociology This was a great read on the real humans involved in welfare reform In my view, it s a devastating account of how policy makers and conservative America have no clue and no empat...One of the most important books to read about the controversial welfare policies in the US This books illuminates about the realities of the mothers lives, in all of their diversity The clashes are highlighted between social caseworkers and the lawmakers who encourage marriage risking dependency and abusive relations A class of forced labor is what comes out of the work portion of the plan, forcing mothers to be tied to the first job that comes along, not even being able to quit an environmen One of the most important books to read about the controversial welfare policies in the US This books illuminates about the realities of the mothers lives, in all of their diversity The clashes are highlighted between social caseworkers and the lawmakers who encourage marriage risking dependency and abusive relations A class of forced labor is what comes out of the work portion of the plan, forcing mothers to be tied to the first job that comes alon...This book is a bit dated and I was little hesitant about that when I picked it up, but it turned out to be a great read Hays examines the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 aka welfare reform in great detail in this book published in 2003 I sadly have the feeling that this book is actually quite relevant and timely given the incoming administrationHays hit many of favorites with this book social issues, women children,than data than I could have hoped for, and personal stories This book is a bit dated and I was little hesitant about that when I picked it up, but it turned out to be a great read Hays examines the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 aka welfare reform in great detail in this book published in 2003 I sadly have the feeling that this book is actually quite relevant and timely given the incoming administrationHays hit many of favorites with this book social issues, women children,than data than I could have hoped for, and personal stories of those affect...For a 15 year old book, this is still surprisingly relevant Some of the laws have changed, making restrictions even tighter and making it even harder for poor women and children to get by, but a lot of the sociological information is still good and important.I read this as part of a grad school project studying single mothers receiving public assistance I really appreciated the way Hays dissected the welfare reform act of 1996 and demonstrated, through sociological research and personal interviews with recipients, the 96 reform s many flaws and hypocrisies I was literally stunned to learn how dire so many families situations are, how hard it is to get out of poverty, and how little help they really get Once upon a time I used to think most impo I read this as part of a grad school project studying single mothers receiving public assistance I really appreciated the way Hays dissected the welfare reform act of 1996 and de...A refreshing if depressing dose of reality Flat Broke with Children examines the myths about welfare mothers and exposes the contradictory demands built into the welfare system demands that reflect the difference between what we...A truly fantastic read and examination of the effect s of welfare reform in America following the transition from AFDC to TANF and the many issues that arise from attacking the symptoms and consequences of poverty, rather than the root causes.Book was written pretty well Occasionally I have to challenge myself by reading the other side of what I believe in.I had mixed feelings on this one Very insightful reporting and very well structured project Some of comments in the book, particularly in the first half of the book, were infuriating though.

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16 June 2017

Sharon Hays