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Immigrants, Welfare Reform, and the Poverty of Policy

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  • ISBN 9780275978730
  • Publication Date: 30 Apr 2004
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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In many respects, the United States remains a nation of immigrants. This is the first book length treatment of the impact of the 1996 welfare reform act on a wide range of immigrant groups in North America. Contributors to the book draw on ethnographic fieldwork, government data, and original survey research to show how welfare reform has reinforced socio-economic hardships for working poor immigrants. As the essays reveal, reform laws have increased the social isolation of poor immigrant households and discouraged large numbers of qualified immigrants from applying for health and welfare services. All of the articles highlight the importance of examining federal policy guidelines in conjunction with local enforcement policies, labor market dynamics, and immigrant attitudes toward government agencies.
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PHILIP KRETSEDEMAS is Director of Communications for the National Immigration Project.

ANA APARICIO is Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.