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Contents
Introduction: Living Poverty, 3
1 What Is Wetfare? 5
The Development of Welfare, 5
Welfare as Intended Versus Welfare in Practice, 10
Myth and Reality, 12
What Is the Problem?, 18
2 Ana: Caught in Circumstances Beyond Her Control 23
Living on a Budget, 24
One Day Can Change a Life, 27
I Don't Belong on Welfare, 29
The Fragility of American Prosperity, 32
Managing Poverty, 34
Shelter from the Economy, 38
3 Sandy: Working but Poor 41
Teenage Pregnancy: The Fastest Way to Poverty, 42
Low Income and Sick Children: A Bad Combination, 43
AFDC as a Disincentive to Work, 45
Carrots and Sticks to Go Back to Work, 47
Moms Can't Work Without Child Care, 50
Working and Just Getting By, 53
Make Him Pay, 55
Securing a Future, 61

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Publication Information: Book Title: Faces of Poverty: Portraits of Women and Children on Welfare. Contributors: Jill Duerr Berrick - author. Publisher: Oxford University Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1997. Page Number: ix.
    
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