{"product_id":"women-and-poverty-isbn-9781405183505","title":"Women and Poverty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the social and structural factors that contribute to, and legitimize, class inequity and women's poverty. In doing so, the book provides a unique documentation of women's experiences of poverty and classism at the individual and interpersonal levels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides readers with a critical analysis of the social and structural factors that contribute to women's poverty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses a multidisciplinary approach to bring together new research and theory from social psychology, policy studies, and critical and feminist scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDocuments women's experiences of poverty and classism at the interpersonal and institutional levels\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses policy analysis for reducing poverty and social inequality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  About the Author ix  \u003cp\u003e1 Women and Poverty: An Ongoing Crisis 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Structural Sources of Women’s Poverty and Homelessness 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Beliefs about Poverty, Wealth, and Social Class: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Social Policy 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Welfare Reform at 15 and Beyond: How Are Low-Income Women and Families Faring? 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Low-Income Women, Critical Resistance, and Welfare Rights Activism 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCo-authored with Wendy M. Limbert and Roberta A. Downing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Women and Economic Justice: Pitfalls, Possibilities, and Promise 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 192\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eHeather E. Bullock\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is professor and chair of the Psychology Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), USA, and served as director of UCSC’s Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community. She studies the social psychological causes and consequences of economic injustice, with special attention to poverty among women. Much of her research focuses on identifying the attitudes and beliefs that predict support for anti-poverty policies, and the impact of framing on policy preferences. Before joining the UCSC faculty, she served as an APA Congressional Fellow with the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions – Democratic Office.  \u003ci\u003eWomen and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e provides a social psychological analysis of social class and classism, particularly in relation to women's poverty. The book offers a critical analysis of the social and structural factors that contribute to poverty among women, class-based power relations, and the sociocultural beliefs that legitimize economic injustice. Core questions include: How do diverse socioeconomic groups perceive social class and prospects for upward mobility? How do low-income women view interclass relations, economic inequality, and the welfare system? How are poverty, and class privilege and disadvantage explained and understood? How do sexist, racist, and classist attitudes and beliefs contribute to the hardships low-income women confront? How are these beliefs related to current welfare and other social and economic policies? What structural, social, and cultural changes would reduce poverty?  \u003cp\u003eTo address these questions, \u003ci\u003eWomen and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e brings together research and theory from social psychology, policy studies, and critical and feminist scholarship. The synthesis and application of these perspectives to women’s poverty is one of the key features of this book, providing readers with a multifaceted appreciation of the underlying causes of poverty and the policies that promote economic justice. Positioning classism as a pervasive source of inequity, women’s experiences of poverty and class-based discrimination are examined at the individual, intergroup, and institutional levels.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBullock shines the light of her clear and bold analyses on such issues as discrimination, unpaid labor for motherhood and caregiving, labor market wage disparities, unaffordable housing, and violence. She examines the relationship between negative attitudes and beliefs about poor women and demeaning social policies. A “must” for social and community psychologists, clinical and educational psychologists, and all other professionals and students who take seriously the mission of advancing human health and welfare.\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eDr Bernice Lott, Department of Psychology, The University of Rhode Island\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith her book \u003ci\u003eWomen and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e, Heather Bullock continues her groundbreaking illumination of poverty and classism from a psychological perspective. Bringing her focus to the gendered construction of poverty, Bullock’s compelling examination manages to be both expansive and particular – it encompasses the broad sociocultural trends and biases that perpetuate women’s poverty, but also renders comprehensible the fluctuations and implications of recent welfare policies. Scholarly, passionate, and forceful, this book is a must-have resource for psychologists, educators, social service professionals, and policy-makers whose work interfaces with issues of social class and social justice.\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eProfessor Laura Smith, Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Teachers College, Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a time of obscene economic inequality, Heather Bullock’s \u003ci\u003eWomen and Poverty: Psychology, Public Policy and Social Justice\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading. Scholarly and passionate, this book reveals the ways in which poverty is gendered, illuminates the costs of poverty to women and to our entire society, and gives us the tools to challenge class bias and advance just social policies.\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eProfessor Deborah Belle, Department of Psychology, Boston University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990501671141,"sku":"NP9781405183505","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405183505.jpg?v=1761788082","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/women-and-poverty-isbn-9781405183505","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}