Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Women and Welfare Reform: How Well Can we Fare without Education?

Women and Welfare Reform: How Well Can we Fare without Education? Behavior and Social Issues, 8, 153-158 (1998). ©199 8 Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies WOME N AND WELFARE REFORM: HOW WEL L CAN W E FAR E WITHOU T EDUCATION? Maria R. Ruiz Rollins College As I considered the notion of "welfare reform" in preparation for this dialogue, it seemed reasonable to begin by asking "what is it that we mean when we speak of 'welfare' in our culture?" I found two formal definitions (Webster, 1983) that were useful. First the definition of welfare as "the state of being or doing well." In the simplest case this may be applied at the level of the individual as in personal welfare, but it can also be applied to the well being of a group or community. The second formal definition was of "welfare work." This is defined as "the organized effort of a community or organization to improve the living conditions and standards of its members." A discrepancy was immediately evident to me between how these terms are formally defined, and how we tend to use them in common every day talk. That is, in our culture, when we speak of "welfare" in a social-political context, as in "welfare reform," http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behavior and Social Issues Springer Journals

Women and Welfare Reform: How Well Can we Fare without Education?

Ruiz, Maria
Behavior and Social Issues , Volume 8 (2) – Oct 1, 1998
Download PDF
6 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/women-and-welfare-reform-how-well-can-we-fare-without-education-Usmgf1vVre
Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 by Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology
ISSN
1064-9506
eISSN
2376-6786
DOI
10.5210/bsi.v8i2.327
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Behavior and Social Issues, 8, 153-158 (1998). ©199 8 Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies WOME N AND WELFARE REFORM: HOW WEL L CAN W E FAR E WITHOU T EDUCATION? Maria R. Ruiz Rollins College As I considered the notion of "welfare reform" in preparation for this dialogue, it seemed reasonable to begin by asking "what is it that we mean when we speak of 'welfare' in our culture?" I found two formal definitions (Webster, 1983) that were useful. First the definition of welfare as "the state of being or doing well." In the simplest case this may be applied at the level of the individual as in personal welfare, but it can also be applied to the well being of a group or community. The second formal definition was of "welfare work." This is defined as "the organized effort of a community or organization to improve the living conditions and standards of its members." A discrepancy was immediately evident to me between how these terms are formally defined, and how we tend to use them in common every day talk. That is, in our culture, when we speak of "welfare" in a social-political context, as in "welfare reform,"

Journal

Behavior and Social Issues – Springer Journals

Published: Oct 1, 1998

References

  • Implementing welfare policy to insure long-term independence and well-being
  • Making ends meet: How single mothers survive welfare and low wage work
    Edin, K J
  • College access and the JOBS program
    Sherman, A
  • Women and poverty
    Smith, J
  • Aid to families with dependent children and post-secondary education
    Solomon, C
  • Welfare that works: The working lives of AFDC recipients
    Spalter-Roth, R; Burr, B; Hartmann, H; Shaw, L
  • Webster’s new universal unabridged dictionary
    Webster, N