Welfare Reform and Household Survival: The Interaction of Structure and Network Strength in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Autor:	Mark H. Harvey
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Economic growth Sociology and Political Science Public economics Single-Parent Family media_common.quotation_subject Social Welfare Welfare state Welfare reform Workfare State (polity) Survival strategy Economics Support services Demography media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Poverty. 15:43-64
ISSN:	1540-7608 1087-5549
DOI:	10.1080/10875549.2011.539402
Popis:	The 1996 welfare reform act created 50 state “workfare” systems. This study analyzes the impacts of reform on the survival strategies of single-female headed families in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The findings indicate that variation in outcomes results from the interaction of structural conditions with private network strength and that access to state support services is determined less by need than by the political-organizational goals of workfare states. The findings suggest that studies of welfare reform incorporate analyses of workfare state policies and practices into explanations of how reform affects household survival strategies and well-being.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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