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Welfare Reform in the United States: gender, race and class matter

Mimi Abramovitz

Hunter College School of Social Work, City University of New York, iabramov{at}hunter.cuny.edu

This article argues that gender, race and class matter in welfare reform. It provides a brief historical overview of the US welfare programme for single mothers; describes the main provisions of welfare reform (enforcing work, promoting marriage and limiting the role of the federal government in wider society); and identifies the impact on women and children. It concludes that welfare reform is best understood as part of the neo-liberal/Right attack on the state.

Key Words: children • neo-liberalism • United States • welfare state • women

Critical Social Policy, Vol. 26, No. 2, 336-364 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0261018306062589
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