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abstract: 'The Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act of
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1996, better known as Welfare Reform, implemented, in addition to many
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other features, a 60-month lifetime limit for welfare receipt. Research
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to date primarily documents individual-level barriers, characteristics,
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and outcomes of those who time out. Very little scholarly work considers
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experiences of mothering or carework after timing out. In this chapter,
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I ask, what kinds of carework strategies are used by women who have met
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their lifetime limits to welfare? What do the ways mothers talk about
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these strategies tell us about the discursive forces they are resisting
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and/or engaging? Using in-depth interviews at two points in time with
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women who have timed out of welfare (n = 32 and 23), this analysis shows
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how mothers'' strategies and the ways they discuss them reveal covert
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material and symbolic resistance to key discourses - negative
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assumptions about welfare mothers and a culture of work enforcement -
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and the conditions shaping their lives (Hollander \& Einwohner, 2004).
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Mothers use carework strategies very similar to those identified in many
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other studies (e.g., London, Scott, Edin, \& Hunter, 2004; Morgen,
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Acker, \& Weigt, 2010; Scott, Edin, London, \& Mazelis, 2001), but they
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provide us with an understanding of carework in a new context. The three
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groups of strategies explored here - structuring employment and
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non-employment, protecting children, and securing resources - reveal
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raced, classed, and gendered labor in which women engage to care for
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children in circumstances marked by limited employment opportunities and
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limited state support. The policy implications of mothers'' strategies
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are also discussed.'
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affiliation: 'Weigt, J (Corresponding Author), Calif State Univ, Sociol, San Marcos,
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CA 92096 USA.
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Weigt, Jill, Calif State Univ, Sociol, San Marcos, CA 92096 USA.'
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author: Weigt, Jill
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author_list:
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- family: Weigt
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given: Jill
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booktitle: MARGINALIZED MOTHERS, MOTHERING FROM THE MARGINS
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1108/S1529-212620180000025012
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editor: Taylor, T and Bloch, K
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files: []
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isbn: 978-1-78756-399-5; 978-1-78756-400-8
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issn: 1529-2126
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keywords: Welfare; carework; unpaid labor; TANF; mothering; time limits
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keywords-plus: WORK; EMPLOYMENT; REFORM; LIMITS; POOR; JOB
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language: English
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number-of-cited-references: '47'
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pages: 195-212
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papis_id: 8eebc733efad0df97f8a48f993927d97
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ref: Weigt2018careworkstrategies
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series: Advances in Gender Research
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times-cited: '3'
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title: CAREWORK STRATEGIES AND EVERYDAY RESISTANCE AMONG MOTHERS WHO HAVE TIMED-OUT
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OF WELFARE
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type: Article; Book Chapter
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unique-id: WOS:000661646100014
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '1'
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volume: '25'
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web-of-science-categories: Family Studies; Social Issues; Women's Studies
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year: '2018'
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