Entitled to Nothing: The Struggle for Immigrant Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform

by Lisa Sun-Hee Park

Book Overview

In Entitled to Nothing, Lisa Sun-Hee Park investigates how the politics of immigration, health care, and welfare are intertwined. Documenting the formal return of the immigrant as a "public charge," or a burden upon the State, the author shows how the concept has been revived as states adopt punitive policies targeting immigrants of color and require them to "pay back" benefits for which they are legally eligible during a time of intense debate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814768024
• ISBN13: 9780814768020
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"