Women and Poverty

Heather E. Bullock, PhD, is professor and chair of the Psychology Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), USA, and served as director of UCSC’s Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community. She studies the social psychological causes and consequences of economic injustice, with special attention to poverty among women. Much of her research focuses on identifying the attitudes and beliefs that predict support for anti-poverty policies, and the impact of framing on policy preferences. Before joining the UCSC faculty, she served as an APA Congressional Fellow with the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions – Democratic Office.

• About the Author ix 1 Women and Poverty: An Ongoing Crisis 12 Structural Sources of Women’s Poverty and Homelessness 163 Beliefs about Poverty, Wealth, and Social Class: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Social Policy 404 Welfare Reform at 15 and Beyond: How Are Low-Income Women and Families Faring? 705 Low-Income Women, Critical Resistance, and Welfare Rights Activism 104Co-authored with Wendy M. Limbert and Roberta A. Downing6 Women and Economic Justice: Pitfalls, Possibilities, and Promise 140References 159Index 192