
Women and Poverty
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Bullock shines the light of her clear and bold analyses on suchissues as discrimination, unpaid labor for motherhood andcaregiving, labor market wage disparities, unaffordable housing,and violence. She examines the relationship between negativeattitudes and beliefs about poor women and demeaning socialpolicies. A "must" for social and communitypsychologists, clinical and educational psychologists, and allother professionals and students who take seriously the mission ofadvancing human health and welfare. --Dr Bernice Lott, Department of Psychology, The Universityof Rhode Island With her book Women and Poverty, Heather Bullockcontinues her groundbreaking illumination of poverty and classismfrom a psychological perspective. Bringing her focus to thegendered construction of poverty, Bullock's compellingexamination manages to be both expansive and particular - itencompasses the broad sociocultural trends and biases thatperpetuate women's poverty, but also renders comprehensiblethe fluctuations and implications of recent welfare policies.Scholarly, passionate, and forceful, this book is a must-haveresource for psychologists, educators, social serviceprofessionals, and policy-makers whose work interfaces with issuesof social class and social justice. --Professor Laura Smith, Department of Counseling andClinical Psychology, Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity In a time of obscene economic inequality, HeatherBullock's Women and Poverty: Psychology, Public Policy andSocial Justice 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 entiresociety, and gives us the tools to challenge class bias and advancejust social policies. --Professor Deborah Belle, Department of Psychology, BostonUniversityMore details
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