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Autor/in | Alfred, Mary V. |
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Titel | Welfare Reform and Black Women's Economic Development |
Quelle | In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 57 (2007) 4, S.293-311 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0741-7136 |
DOI | 10.1177/0741713607302685 |
Schlagwörter | Females; Labor Force Nonparticipants; Economic Progress; Welfare Services; Welfare Recipients; Racial Factors; Labor Market; African Americans; Federal Legislation; Employment Level; Employer Attitudes; Economic Development; Responsibility; Public Policy; Urban Areas; Employed Women; Interviews; At Risk Persons; Gender Issues; Fear; Social Discrimination; United States; Wisconsin Weibliches Geschlecht; Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Afroamerikaner; Bundesrecht; Beschäftigungsgrad; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit; Öffentliche Ordnung; Urban area; Stadtregion; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Risikogruppe; Geschlechterfrage; Furcht; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; USA |
Abstract | In 1996, the United States Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, placing emphasis on individuals to take responsibility for separating themselves from governmental dependence by becoming economically self-sufficient through employment. Using a qualitative approach, this study explored the experiences of 15 African American women as they transitioned from welfare to determine the extent to which they were developing economic sufficiency as a result of their labor force participation. It also sought the perspectives of employers on the work-first approach to economic development among former recipients and their chances of becoming self-sufficient through employment. The study found three systems of barriers to impede the participants' economic progress: the "work-first" philosophy, labor market conditions and employment practices, and personal history and individual responsibility. These findings suggest that a more integrative approach is necessary, one that addresses both the personal and structural dimensions of women's economic development. (Author). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |