Download or read book Western Welfare in Decline written by Catherine Pélissier Kingfisher and published by Philadelphia : PENN/University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Welfare in Decline explores the plight of poor single mothers in five English-speaking countries that have implemented welfare restructuring: the United States, Canada, Britain, and New Zealand.