Description
Women and Poverty analyzes the social and structural factors that contribute to, and legitimize, class inequity and women's poverty. In doing so, the book provides a unique documentation of women's experiences of poverty and classism at the individual and interpersonal levels.
- Provides readers with a critical analysis of the social and structural factors that contribute to women's poverty
- Uses a multidisciplinary approach to bring together new research and theory from social psychology, policy studies, and critical and feminist scholarship
- Documents women's experiences of poverty and classism at the interpersonal and institutional levels
- Discusses policy analysis for reducing poverty and social inequality
Table of Contents
About the Author ix
1 Women and Poverty: An Ongoing Crisis 1
2 Structural Sources of Women’s Poverty and Homelessness 16
3 Beliefs about Poverty, Wealth, and Social Class: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Social Policy 40
4 Welfare Reform at 15 and Beyond: How Are Low-Income Women and Families Faring? 70
5 Low-Income Women, Critical Resistance, and Welfare Rights Activism 104
Co-authored with Wendy M. Limbert and Roberta A. Downing
6 Women and Economic Justice: Pitfalls, Possibilities, and Promise 140
References 159
Index 192
