%0 Journal Article
%T Welfare Reform in the United States: gender, race and class matter
%J Critical social policy
%D 2006
%A Abramovitz, Mimi
%V 26
%N 2
%P 336-364
%X This article argues that gender, race and class matter in welfare reform. It provides a brief historical overview of the US welfare programme for single mothers; describes the main provisions of welfare reform (enforcing work, promoting marriage and limiting the role of the federal government in wider society); and identifies the impact on women and children. It concludes that welfare reform is best understood as part of the neo-liberal/Right attack on the state.<p />
%G 
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 0261-0183
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0261018306062589