Margaret J. H. Little, Queen’s University

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Department of Political Studies Professor Kingston, Ontario mjhl@queensu.ca Office: (613) 533-6233

Bio/Research

Margaret Little is an anti-poverty activist and academic who works in the area of single mothers on welfare, neo-liberal welfare reform, and retraining for women on welfare. She is jointly appointed to Political Studies and Women's Studies and is the author of two books: If I Had a Hammer: Retrai...

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Bio/Research

Margaret Little is an anti-poverty activist and academic who works in the area of single mothers on welfare, neo-liberal welfare reform, and retraining for women on welfare. She is jointly appointed to Political Studies and Women's Studies and is the author of two books: If I Had a Hammer: Retraining that Really Works (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005) and the award-winning No Car, No Radio, No Liquor Permit: The Moral Regulation of Single Mothers in Ontario, 1920-1997 (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998). She is currently co-authoring a book with Pat Evans and Janet Mosher entitled, "Precarious Lives: Abused Women's Experiences of the Canadian State."

She is the recipient of a number of research awards including a SSHRC Standard Grant (2006-2009) entitled, "Who's Hurting Now? A Race, Class and Gender Analysis of Neo-Liberal Welfare Reforms in Canada", and the Chancellor's Research Award (2000-2005) to study the impact of welfare reforms under the Ontario Mike Harris Government.


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