Motherhood, Poverty, And The Wic Program In Urban America: Life Strategies

This urban ethnography examines the relationship between urban residence and endemic poverty and health inequalities. Looking at the everyday lives of struggling women, it explores how bureaucratic rigidity and hierarchy relate to personal decision-making in a context of pregnancy, parenting, and poverty.

• | Author: Suzanne Morrissey
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Dec 24, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 294 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0739189336
• | ISBN-13: 9780739189337