Ain't no trust how bosses, boyfriends, and bureaucrats fail low-income mothers and why it matters

Ain’t No Trust explores issues of trust and distrust among low-income women in the U.S.—at work, around childcare, in their relationships, and with caseworkers—and presents richly detailed evidence from in-depth interviews about our welfare system and why it’s failing the very people it is designed...

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Main Author: Levine, Judith A
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press 2013
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
business
caseworkers
childcare
discrimination
distrust
Employment
engaging
family
gender studies
human condition
in depth interviews
labor
low income women
Low-income single mothers
Low-income single mothers > Employment > United States
Low-income single mothers > Services for > United States
Low-income single mothers > United States > Social conditions
money
money and power
motherhood
page turner
politics
public policy
racism
relationships
Services for
single mothers
Social conditions
social issues
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
social sciences
social work
society
Sociology
structural factors
trust
United States
welfare
welfare reform
womens struggles
workplace
trust
politics
caseworkers
money and power
welfare reform
sociology
womens struggles
welfare
motherhood
social work
engaging
relationships
society
social issues
discrimination
human condition
racism
business
single mothers
gender studies
structural factors
public policy
labor
distrust
in depth interviews
money
social sciences
childcare
page turner
family
workplace
low income women
ISBN:9780520956919, 0520956915, 0520274725, 9780520274723, 0520274717, 9780520274716
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Summary:Ain’t No Trust explores issues of trust and distrust among low-income women in the U.S.—at work, around childcare, in their relationships, and with caseworkers—and presents richly detailed evidence from in-depth interviews about our welfare system and why it’s failing the very people it is designed to help. By comparing low-income mothers’ experiences before and after welfare reform, Judith A. Levine probes women’s struggles to gain or keep jobs while they simultaneously care for their children, often as single mothers. By offering a new way to understand how structural factors impact the daily experiences of poor women, Ain’t No Trust highlights the pervasiveness of distrust in their lives, uncovering its hidden sources and documenting its most corrosive and paralyzing effects. Levine’s critique and conclusions hold powerful implications for scholars and policymakers alike.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index
ISBN:9780520956919
0520956915
0520274725
9780520274723
0520274717
9780520274716
DOI:10.1525/9780520956919