Poverty, Battered Women, and Work in U.S. Public Policy

by Lisa D. Brush

Drawing on longitudinal interviews, government records, and personal narratives, feminist sociologist Lisa Brush examines the intersection of work, welfare, and battering. Brush contrasts conventional wisdom with illuminating analyses of social change and social structures, highlighting how race and class shape women's experiences with poverty and abuse and how "domestic" violence moves out of the home and follows women to work.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195398505
• ISBN13: 9780195398502
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"