The Journal of Social Issues

Vol. 57 No. 2 2001

Listening to the Voices of Poor Women

Issue Editors: Bernice Lott and Heather E. Bullock

Introduction

Who Are the Poor? 89
Bernice Lott and Heather E. Bullock
Abstract

Beliefs about the poor

Attitudes Towards the Poor and Attributions for Poverty 207
Catherine Cozzarelli, Anne V. Wilkinson, and Michael J.Tagier
Abstract

Media Images of the Poor 229
Heather E. Bullock, Karen Fraser Wyche, and Wendy R. Williams
Abstract

Needs, Strengths, and Barriers

Low-Income Parents and the Public Schools 247
Bernice Lott
Abstract

Welfare Mothers’ Reflection on Personal Responsibility 261
Jacquelin W. Scarborough
Abstract

Low-Income Women Speak Out About Housing: A High-Stakes Game of Musical Chairs 279
Joan H. Rollins, Renee N. Saris, and Ingrid Johnson-Robledo
Abstract

Experiences of Women on Public Assistance 301
Guerda Nicolas and Varzi Jean Baptiste
Abstract

How Can You Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps if You Don’t Have Boots? Work-Appropriate Clothing for Poor Women 313
Diane Turner-Bowker
Abstract

Applied Research in Community Agencies

More Than Epistemology: Relationships in Applied Research With Underserved Communities 325
Anne E. Brodsky
Abstract

Negotiating Partnerships in Research on Poverty With Community-Based Agencies 339
Pamela Trotman Reid and Eduardo Vianna
Abstract

Public Policy Implications

Poverty, Welfare, and Patriarchy:How Macro-Level Changes in Social Policy Can Help Low-Income Women 357
Joy K. Rice
Abstract