Discusses, in depth, how women and women's perspectives are changing politics and policy, in both the United States and around the world. Including several tables and figures to present data and ideas, this book is useful for educators, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in women's studies, political science, and public policy.

Find out how welfare reform has affected women living at the poverty level Women, Work, and Poverty presents the latest information on women living at or below the poverty level and the changes that need to be made in public policy to allow them to rise above their economic hardships. Using a wide range of research methods, including in-depth interviews, focus groups, small-scale surveys, and analysis of personnel records, the book explores different aspects of women's poverty since the passage of the 1986 welfare reform bill. Anthropologists, economists, political scientists, sociologists,...