The lore of the immigrant who comes to the United States to take advantage of our welfare system has a long history in America's collective mythology, but it ha
In many respects, the United States remains a nation of immigrants. This is the first book length treatment of the impact of the 1996 welfare reform act on a wi
Three Worlds of Relief examines the role of race and immigration in the development of the American social welfare system by comparing how blacks, Mexicans, and
This open access book explores the role of family, public, market and third sector welfare provision for individual and households’ decisions regarding geogra