Historical Publications

Below you will find different CSWS historical publications, including Policy Matters, and Reports.  You can also view the Print Newsletter Archives.

Policy Matters

Policy Matters is a series of papers dedicated to social policy issues in the state of Oregon. There are currently three issues.
Policy Matters #3 - cover

Policy Matters #3

Understanding Medical Abortion: Policy, Politics, and Women’s Healthco-authored by S. Marie Harvey (Director of CSWS’s Research Program on Women’s Health), Christy A. Sherman, Sheryl Thorburn Bird, and Jocelyn Warren, softbound, 66 pp. Eugene, OR: Center for the Study of Women in Society, 2002.

Publication Year
2002
Policy Matters #3
Policy Matters #2 - cover

Policy Matters #2

Welfare Restructuring, Work & Poverty: Policy Implications from Oregonby Joan Acker, Sandra Morgen, and Lisa Gonzales with Jill Weigt, Kate Barry and Terri Heath softbound, 66 pp.  Sandra Morgen, editor. Eugene, OR: Center for the Study of Women in Society, 2002.

Publication Year
2002
Policy Matters #2
Policy Matters #1 - cover

Policy Matters #1

Valuing Families: The State of Oregon’s Families by Leslie Harris, Dorothy Kliks Fones Professors of Law, softbound, 91pp. Sandra Morgen, editor. Eugene, OR: Center for the Study of Women in Society, 1999.

The first publication in the series, authored by family law expert Leslie Harris, was published June 1999 and is packed with charts, graphs, and text that illustrate the struggles and successes of families in meeting their day-to-day needs such as:

Policy Matters #1

Reports

Oregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Food Stamps

Oregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Food Stamps - Vol 2

Volume II – In-Depth Interview Themes and Family Profiles

Co-principal investigators: Joan Acker and Sandra MorgenProject Manager: Terri HeathResearch Associates: Kate Barry, Lisa Gonzales, Jill Weigt

Welfare Research Team, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of OregonPart of the Women in the Northwest Initiative, January 2001

Publication Year
2001
TANF Study Volume 2
Oregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Food Stamps - Vol 1

Oregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Food Stamps - Vol 1

Volume I – A Study of Economic and Family Well-Being from 1998 to 2000.

Co-principal investigators: Joan Acker and Sandra Morgen
Project Manager: Terri Heath
Research Associates: Kate Barry, Lisa Gonzales, Jill Weigt

Welfare Research Team, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon. Part of the Women in the Northwest Initiative, January 2001

Publication Year
2001
TANF Study Volume 1