Welfare reform and sexual regulation / Anna Marie Smith.

Contents From paternafare to marriage promotion : sexual regulation and welfare reform -- The ideological construction of paternafare -- Comparing paternafare and the caregiver's entitlement -- Welfare reform, reproductive heterosexuality, and marriage -- From enslaved "broodmare" to "welfare queen" : patriarchal and white supremacist constructions of the Black woman -- Welfare reform and the changing logic of governance -- Welfare policy today : neo-liberal regulation of the poor or neo-eugenics? -- Welfare reform and feminist politics -- Appendix 1: Gender, race, and the TANF population -- Appendix 2: Family structure and poverty -- Appendix 3: Child support enforcement allocations in a neo-liberal fiscal environment -- Appendix 4: The "swarming" of paternafare -- Appendix 5: Race, ethnicity, and the family cap.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006025650
ISBN0521820952 (hardback)
ISBN9780521820950 (hardback)
ISBN0521527848 (pbk.)
ISBN9780521527842 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HV95 .S57 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold