Welfare Reform and Sexual Regulation

Welfare Reform and Sexual Regulation
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 33
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ISBN-10 : 9781139465540
ISBN-13 : 1139465546
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Book Synopsis Welfare Reform and Sexual Regulation by : Anna Marie Smith

Download or read book Welfare Reform and Sexual Regulation written by Anna Marie Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-07-09 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the political interventions of feminist women of color and Foucauldian social theory, Anna Marie Smith explores the scope and structure of the child support enforcement, family cap, marriage promotion, and abstinence education measures that are embedded within contemporary United States welfare policy. Presenting original legal research and drawing from historical sources, social theory, and normative frameworks, the author argues that these measures violate the rights of poor mothers. Drawing on several historical precedents the author shows that welfare policy has consistently constructed the sexual conduct of the racialized poor mother as one of its primary disciplinary targets. The book concludes with a vigorous and detailed critique of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's support for welfare reform law and an outline of a progressive feminist approach to poverty policy.


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