Reformed American Dreams : Welfare Mothers, Higher Education, and Activism /
Katz, Sheila M.
Reformed American Dreams : Welfare Mothers, Higher Education, and Activism / Sheila M. Katz. - 1 online resource (232 p.) : 6
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Selected Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1. Reforming the American Dream -- 2. Pathways onto Welfare and into College -- 3. Reformed Grassroots Activism -- 4. Survival through College -- 5. My Education Means Everything to Me -- 6. Hope and Fear during the Great Recession -- 7. Graduating into the Great Recession -- 8. An American Dream for All -- Afterword: Evolution of the American Dream -- Appendix A: Methods Appendix -- Appendix B: Profiles of Interview Participants in 2006 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
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Reformed American Dreams explores the experiences of low-income single mothers who pursued higher education while on welfare after the 1996 welfare reforms. This research occurred in an area where grassroots activism by and for mothers on welfare in higher education was directly able to affect the implementation of public policy. Half of the participants in Sheila M. Katz's research were activists with the grassroots welfare rights organization, LIFETIME, trying to change welfare policy and to advocate for better access to higher education. Reformed American Dreams takes up their struggle to raise families, attend school, and become student activists, all while trying to escape poverty. Katz highlights mothers' experiences as they pursued higher education on welfare and became grassroots activists during the Great Recession.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813594347 9780813594385
10.36019/9780813594385 doi
Low-income single mothers--Education (Higher)--United States.
Low-income single mothers--Social conditions.--United States
Social movements--United States.
Welfare recipients--Employment--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
HQ759
361.6/140973
Reformed American Dreams : Welfare Mothers, Higher Education, and Activism / Sheila M. Katz. - 1 online resource (232 p.) : 6
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Selected Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1. Reforming the American Dream -- 2. Pathways onto Welfare and into College -- 3. Reformed Grassroots Activism -- 4. Survival through College -- 5. My Education Means Everything to Me -- 6. Hope and Fear during the Great Recession -- 7. Graduating into the Great Recession -- 8. An American Dream for All -- Afterword: Evolution of the American Dream -- Appendix A: Methods Appendix -- Appendix B: Profiles of Interview Participants in 2006 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Reformed American Dreams explores the experiences of low-income single mothers who pursued higher education while on welfare after the 1996 welfare reforms. This research occurred in an area where grassroots activism by and for mothers on welfare in higher education was directly able to affect the implementation of public policy. Half of the participants in Sheila M. Katz's research were activists with the grassroots welfare rights organization, LIFETIME, trying to change welfare policy and to advocate for better access to higher education. Reformed American Dreams takes up their struggle to raise families, attend school, and become student activists, all while trying to escape poverty. Katz highlights mothers' experiences as they pursued higher education on welfare and became grassroots activists during the Great Recession.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813594347 9780813594385
10.36019/9780813594385 doi
Low-income single mothers--Education (Higher)--United States.
Low-income single mothers--Social conditions.--United States
Social movements--United States.
Welfare recipients--Employment--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
HQ759
361.6/140973