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Welfare queens to childcare queens: The political economy of state subsidized childcare in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2009-2012)

Posted on:2016-09-16Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:The University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeCandidate:Jones, Anika YetundeFull Text:PDF
GTID:1477390017477754Subject:Cultural anthropology
Abstract/Summary:
hrough the privatization of childcare in Wisconsin, thousands of impoverished, under-educated and low skilled African-American women became micro-enterprising entrepreneurs. In 2006 through the instituting of Wisconsin Shares (Shares), Wisconsin's low-income childcare program, the average family daycare provider in Milwaukee County earned over...
Keywords/Search Tags:Childcare, Wisconsin
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