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Abandoned Families

Social Isolation in the Twenty-First Century

By: Kristin S. Seefeldt,Kristin Seefeldt

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Abandoned Families

Social Isolation in the Twenty-First Century

By: Kristin S. Seefeldt,Kristin Seefeldt

Choosing whom to marry involves more than emotion, as racial politics, cultural mores, and local demographics all shape romantic choices. In Marriage Vows and Racial Choices, sociologist Jessica Vasquez-Tokos explores the decisions of Latinos who marry either within or outside of their racial and ethnic groups. Drawing from in-depth interviews with nearly 50 couples, she examines their marital choices and how these unions influence their identities as Americans. Vasquez-Tokos finds that their experiences in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood shape their perceptions of race, which in turn influence their romantic expectations. Most Latinos marry other Latinos, but those who intermarry tend to marry whites. She finds that some Latina women who had domineering fathers assumed that most Latino men shared this trait and gravitated toward white men who differed from their fathers. Other Latina respondents who married white men fused ideas of race and class and perceived whites as higher status and considered themselves to be “marrying up.” Latinos who married non-Latino minorities—African Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans—often sought out non-white partners because they shared similar experiences of racial marginalization. Latinos who married Latinos of a different national origin expressed a desire for shared cultural commonalities with their partners, but—like those who married whites—often associated their own national-origin groups with oppressive gender roles. Vasquez-Tokos also investigates how racial and cultural identities are maintained or altered for the respondents’ children. Within Latino-white marriages, biculturalism—in contrast with Latinos adopting a white “American” identity—is likely to emerge. For instance, white women who married Latino men often embraced aspects of Latino culture and passed it along to their children. Yet, for these children, upholding Latino cultural ties depended on their proximity to other Latinos, particularly extended family members. Both location and family relationships shape how parents and children from interracial families understand themselves culturally. As interracial marriages become more common, Marriage Vows and Racial Choices shows how race, gender, and class influence our marital choices and personal lives.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610448626

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America's Poor and the Great Recession

By: Kristin Seefeldt,John D. Graham,Gordon Abner

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America's Poor and the Great Recession

By: Kristin Seefeldt,John D. Graham,Gordon Abner

Millions have entered poverty as a result of the Great Recession's terrible toll of long-term unemployment. Kristin S. Seefeldt and John D. Graham examine recent trends in poverty and assess the performance of America's "safety net" programs. They consider likely scenarios for future developments and conclude that the well-being of low-income Americans, particularly the working poor, the near poor, and the new poor, is at substantial risk despite economic recovery.

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179

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Indiana University Press

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0253009677

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9780253009678

Working After Welfare

How Women Balance Jobs and Family in the Wake of Welfare Reform

By: Kristin S. Seefeldt

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Working After Welfare

How Women Balance Jobs and Family in the Wake of Welfare Reform

By: Kristin S. Seefeldt

Taps into the quantitative and qualitative evidence gathered in the Women's Employment Study (WES), offering insights into the lives of women in an urban Michigan county who left welfare for work and the role their family decisions play in their labor market decisions. Describes the day-to-day struggles these women face and the reasons they tend to remain in low-wage, dead-end jobs.

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W.E. Upjohn Institute

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0880993448

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9780880993449

Credit Where It's Due

Rethinking Financial Citizenship

By: Frederick F. Wherry,Kristin S. Seefeldt,Anthony S. Alvarez

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Rethinking Financial Citizenship

By: Frederick F. Wherry,Kristin S. Seefeldt,Anthony S. Alvarez

An estimated 45 million adults in the U.S. lack a credit score at time when credit invisibility can reduce one’s ability to rent a home, find employment, or secure a mortgage or loan. As a result, individuals without credit—who are disproportionately African American and Latino—often lead separate and unequal financial lives. Yet, as sociologists and public policy experts Frederick Wherry, Kristin Seefeldt, and Anthony Alvarez argue, many people who are not recognized within the financial system engage in behaviors that indicate their credit worthiness. How might institutions acknowledge these practices and help these people emerge from the financial shadows? In Credit Where It’s Due, the authors evaluate an innovative model of credit-building and advocate for a new understanding of financial citizenship, or participation in a financial system that fosters social belonging, dignity, and respect. Wherry, Seefeldt, and Alvarez tell the story of the Mission Asset Fund, a San Francisco-based organization that assists mostly low- and moderate-income people of color with building credit. The Mission Asset Fund facilitates zero-interest lending circles, which have been practiced by generations of immigrants, but have gone largely unrecognized by mainstream financial institutions. Participants decide how the circles are run and how they will use their loans, and the organization reports their clients’ lending activity to credit bureaus. As the authors show, this system not only helps clients build credit, but also allows them to manage debt with dignity, have some say in the creation of financial products, and reaffirm their sense of social membership. The authors delve into the history of racial wealth inequality in the U.S. to show that for many black and Latino households, credit invisibility is not simply a matter of individual choices or inadequate financial education. Rather, financial marginalization is the result of historical policies that enabled predatory lending, discriminatory banking and housing practices, and the rollback of regulatory protections for first-time homeowners. To rectify these inequalities, the authors propose common sense regulations to protect consumers from abuse alongside new initiatives that provide seed capital for every child, create affordable short-term loans, and ensure that financial institutions treat low- and moderate-income clients with equal respect. By situating the successes of the Mission Asset Fund in the larger history of credit and debt, Credit Where It’s Due shows how to prioritize financial citizenship for all.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610448847

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Low-Income Women's Experiences with Food Programs, Food Spending, and Food-Related Hardships

Evidence from Qualitative Data

By: Kristin S. Seefeldt

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Low-Income Women's Experiences with Food Programs, Food Spending, and Food-Related Hardships

Evidence from Qualitative Data

By: Kristin S. Seefeldt

Examines the economic coping strategies of low-income families, using data collected through qualitative interviews conducted in 2006-08 with 35 low-income women residing in the Detroit metro area. The majority of the sample were employed at least some of the time, and most had children living with them. Rising food prices forced cutbacks in purchase of certain foods, incl. milk, cereal, fruits, and meat. Just under half reported running out of food at some point during the year. As for gov¿t. assistance, the then named Food Stamp Program, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, was their mainstay. Many of the families did not receive cash assistance, unemploy. benefits, or workers¿ compensation due to perceived access barriers.

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DIANE Publishing

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1437921523

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Environmental Justice

Creating Equality, Reclaiming Democracy

By: Kristin Shrader-Frechette

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Environmental Justice

Creating Equality, Reclaiming Democracy

By: Kristin Shrader-Frechette

Shrader-Frechette offers a rigorous philosophical discussion of environmental justice. Explaining fundamental ethical concepts such as equality, property rights, procedural justice, free informed consent, intergenerational equity, and just compensation--and then bringing them to bear on real-world social issues--she shows how many of these core concepts have been compromised for a large segment of the global population, among them Appalachians, African-Americans, workers in hazardous jobs, and indigenous people in developing nations. She argues that burdens like pollution and resource depletion need to be apportioned more equally, and that there are compelling ethical grounds for remedying our environmental problems. She also argues that those affected by environmental problems must be included in the process of remedying those problems; that all citizens have a duty to engage in activism on behalf of Environmental Justice; and that in a democracy it is the people, not the government, that are ultimately responsible for fair use of the environment.

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Oxford University Press

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0198034709

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9780198034704

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Rethinking Financial Citizenship

By: Frederick F. Wherry,Kristin S. Seefeldt,Anthony S. Alvarez

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Rethinking Financial Citizenship

By: Frederick F. Wherry,Kristin S. Seefeldt,Anthony S. Alvarez

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America's Poor and the Great Recession

By: Kristin Seefeldt,John D. Graham,Gordon Abner

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Indiana University Press

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Abandoned Families

Social Isolation in the Twenty-First Century

By: Kristin S. Seefeldt,Kristin Seefeldt

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Social Isolation in the Twenty-First Century

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Working After Welfare

How Women Balance Jobs and Family in the Wake of Welfare Reform

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How Women Balance Jobs and Family in the Wake of Welfare Reform

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W.E. Upjohn Institute

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Welfare Reform

By: Kristin S. Seefeldt

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Welfare Reform

By: Kristin S. Seefeldt

Examines welfare policy in the United States and the role of business and nonprofit organizations, and compares America's welfare system with those of western European countries.

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Abandoned Families

Abandoned Families

America's Poor and the Great Recession

America's Poor and the Great Recession

Working After Welfare

Working After Welfare

Credit Where It's Due

Credit Where It's Due

Low-Income Women's Experiences with Food Programs, Food Spending, and Food-Related Hardships

Low-Income Women's Experiences with Food Programs, Food Spending, and Food-Related Hardships

Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice

Credit Where It's Due

Credit Where It's Due

America's Poor and the Great Recession

America's Poor and the Great Recession

Abandoned Families

Abandoned Families

Working After Welfare

Working After Welfare

Welfare Reform

Welfare Reform

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