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Poverty, battered women, and work in U.S. public policy

Offers insight on the impact of work requirements and other post-welfare changes on the lives of low-income and battered mothers through personal narratives and an analysis of earnings, welfare, and restraining order data; argues that current policies and practices trap women in poverty and abuse; and suggests a new way of calculating the costs of battering

Print Book, English, ©2011
Oxford University Press, New York, ©2011