Ain't no trust : how bosses, boyfriends, and bureaucrats fail low-income mothers and why it matters / Judith A. Levine.
This book explores issues of trust and distrust among low-income women in the U.S. at work, around childcare, in their relationships, and with caseworkers, and presents detailed evidence from in-depth interviews about our welfare system and why it is failing the very people it is designed to help. B...
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Berkeley :
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[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Welfare reform and the enduring structural roots of distrust
- "The way they treat you is inhumane" : caseworkers and the welfare office
- "I couldn't put up with it no more" : perceived mistreatment and distrust at work
- "I don't trust people to watch my kids" : mothers' distrust in child care providers
- "You can't put your trust in men" : gender distrust and marriage
- "I trust my mother and no one else" : trust and distrust in social networks
- Conclusion
- Appendix.