{"product_id":"the-battle-for-welfare-rights-politics-and-poverty-in-modern-america-politics-and-culture-in-modern-america-9780812220254","title":"The Battle for Welfare Rights Politics and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle for Welfare Rights tells, for the first time, the complete story of a movement that profoundly affected the meaning of citizenship and the social contract in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Battle for Welfare Rights\u003c\/i\u003e unearths the remarkable moment in history when a movement led by African American women shook the nation's foundations of power. . . . Essential reading for students of welfare history, theory, and politics, as well as an inspiration to those who carry on the battle for social justice in America.\" * Dorothy Roberts, Northwestern University *\u003cbr\u003e\"A rich chronicle of welfare rights activity, the 'movement's' strategic thinking, and the political and policy context that shaped and interacted with the movement.\" * Rickie Solinger, author of \u003ci\u003eBeggars and Choosers: How the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption, Abortion, and Welfare in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The most sophisticated study of welfare rights organizing to date. It engages with grassroots and high politics, social history and social thought, and, in the process, illuminates how law and social work shaped the movement to secure the 'rightly needs' of poor solo mothers. . . . Kornbluh does it all with insight and verve.\" * Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Inventing Welfare Rights\u003cbr\u003e Citizens of the Affluent Society\u003cbr\u003e Legal Civil Disobedience\u003cbr\u003e On a Collision Course\u003cbr\u003e Give Us Credit for Being American\u003cbr\u003e Nixon, Moynihan, and Real Live Welfare Moms\u003cbr\u003e End of an Era\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e List of Oral History Interviews\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405696639319,"sku":"9780812220254","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812220254.jpg?v=1730493313","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-battle-for-welfare-rights-politics-and-poverty-in-modern-america-politics-and-culture-in-modern-america-9780812220254","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}