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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780874603321

Autore

Ward Deborah E

Titolo

White Welfare State : The Racialization of U. S. Welfare Policy [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, MI, USA, : University of Michigan Press, 20051101

University of Michigan Press

ISBN

1-282-44471-9

9786612444715

0-472-02488-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

361.6/089/00973

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Sociology / General

Public welfare - Government policy - United States

Welfare recipients - United States

Social service and race relations - United States

Racism in public welfare administration - United States

Social Welfare & Social Work - General

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : history, race & building the American welfare state -- The political & social context of Mothers' Pensions : an era of racial & ethnic discrimination -- The Mothers' Pension movement : establishing boundaries of exclusion & inclusion -- Mothers' Pension legislation : exclusion by statute -- Administration of Mothers' Pension programs : de facto exclusion -- Mothers' Pensions, the New Deal & ADC : a racialized legacy -- Conclusion : building a white welfare state.