Living on the Edge: The Realities of Welfare in America
- ISBN-10
- 0231084242
- ISBN-13
- 9780231084246
- Series
- Living on the Edge
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 266
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- Mark R. Rank
Description
Based on ten years of research, the book follows individuals and families as they apply for and live on public aid and eventually leave the system. Rank's chronicle of their day-to-day experiences reveals the many sacrifices and crises that tax ordinary people in extraordinary ways. Beginning with a history of welfare from Roosevelt to Clinton, he focuses on AFDC and the Food Stamp program. He then describes the backgrounds of the recipients, their hopes for the future and attitudes toward welfare, their daily routines and problems, their work behavior, and the effect of welfare on family dynamics. Living on the Edge reveals the experiences of female-headed families, married couples, single men and women, and the elderly.
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