books by Kathryn Edin

books by Kathryn Edin

books:

Kathryn Edin

Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage

Kathryn Edin, Maria Kefalas

University of California Press, 2005

Fantastic book about a not-so-fantastic phenomenon
As a social worker who deals with the population portrayed in this book day in and day out, I was very interested in reading a book that I hoped would help me understand a phenomenon that has intrigued me since the day I started my job. I was very pleased when I read ...

Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage Work

Kathryn Edin, Laura Lein

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 1997

Throw away all the old data and read this
Excellent statistical and investigative work that predates, but informs, much of the information we will get about the efficacy of welfare reform. Supports of both Charles Murray and Christopher Jencks will find materials in here that support and challenge their views. ...