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Beggars and choosers : how the politics of choice shapes adoption, abortion, and welfare in the United States
Title:
Beggars and choosers : how the politics of choice shapes adoption, abortion, and welfare in the United States
Author:
Solinger, Rickie, 1947-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Hill and Wang, [2001]

©2001
Physical Description:
xi, 290 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Choice is a moving target -- Justifying choice: The back alley butcher as spectral icon -- Claiming rights in an era of choice: Part 1: Awakenings -- Claiming rights in an era of choice: Part 2: Concerned United Birthparents -- Constraining choice: Welfare queens as illegitimate consumers -- Motherhood as class privilege in America: A public policy project.
ISBN:
9780809097029
Format :
Book