Immigrants, welfare reform, and the poverty of policy / edited by Philip Kretsedemas and Ana Aparicio ; with a foreword by Ronald Walters, and concluding remarks by Kalyani Rai.

Other author Kretsedemas, Philip, 1967-
Other author Aparicio, Ana, 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
Descriptionxx, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Welfare reform and immigrants: a policy review / Audrey Singer -- No safe haven: work, welfare, and the growth of immigrant exclusion / John Shields -- Puerta abierta o puerta cerrada? Citizenship, health care, and welfare reform in New Mexico / Lisa Cacari Stone and Ana Guillermina Quiroz-Gibson -- Disparate welfare needs and impacts of welfare reform among Illinois immigrants / Rob Paral -- Avoiding the state: Haitian immigrants and welfare services in Miami-Dade County / Philip Kretsedemas -- Immigrants' access to public health care systems in New York's "post-reform" era / Ana Aparicio --Welfare in Santa Clara County: the experiences of Mexican and Vietnamese immigrant women / Doris Ng -- Community-based participatory action research: offering Hmong welfare recipients' voices for dialogue and change / Kalyani Rai -- Resettlement experiences of Somali refugee women in Toronto / Arlene Herman and Neita Kay Israelite -- Border residents manage the U.S. immigration and welfare reforms / Randy Capps, Jacqueline Hagan, and Nestor Rodríguez -- Con la ayuda de Dios? El Pasoans manage the 1996 welfare and immigration law reforms / Kathleen Staudt and Randy Capps -- Reflections on immigrant hardships after welfare reform: new challenges and changing trends / Kalyani Rai, Philip Kretsedemas and Ana Aparicio.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003063702
ISBN0275978737 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JV6483 .I45 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold