1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791229403321

Titolo

Race and the politics of welfare reform [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sanford F. Schram, Joe Soss, and Richard C. Fording

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2003

ISBN

0-472-09831-4

978-6-612-69574-2

1-282-69574-6

0-472-02551-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchramSanford

SossJoe <1967->

FordingRichard C. <1964->

Disciplina

361.68

Soggetti

Public welfare - United States

Welfare recipients - Government policy - United States

Social service and race relations - United States

Racism - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-368) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction / Joe Soss, Sanford F. Schram, and Richard C. Fording""; ""History""; ""1. Race and the Limits of Solidarity: American Welfare State Development in Comparative Perspective / Robert C. Lieberman""; ""2. Ghettos, Fiscal Federalism, and Welfare Reform / Michael K. Brown""; ""3. “Laboratories of Democracy� or Symbolic Politics?: The Racial Origins of Welfare Reform / Richard C. Fording""; ""Mass Media and Mass Attitudes""; ""4. How the Poor Became Black: The Racialization of American Poverty in the Mass Media / Martin Gilens""

""5. Race Matters: The Impact of News Coverage of Welfare Reform on Public Opinion / James M. Avery and Mark Peffley""""6. Racial Context, Public Attitudes, and Welfare Effort in the American States / Martin Johnson""; ""Discourse""; ""7. Queens, Teens, and Model Mothers: Race, Gender, and the Discourse of Welfare Reform / Holloway Sparks""; ""8. Putting a Black Face on Welfare: The Good and the Bad / Sanford F.



Schram""; ""Policy Choice and Implementation""

""9. The Hard Line and the Color Line: Race, Welfare, and the Roots of Get-Tough Reform / Joe Soss, Sanford F. Schram, Thomas P. Vartanian, and Erin O'Brien""""10. Contemporary Approaches to Enduring Challenges: Using Performance Measures to Promote Racial Equality under TANF / Susan Tinsley Gooden""; ""Beyond Welfare Reform: Race & Social Policy in the States""; ""11. Race/Ethnicity and Referenda on Redistributive Health Care Policy / Caroline J. Tolbert and Gertrude A. Steuernagel""

""12. Racial/Ethnic Diversity and States� Public Policies: Social Policies as Context for Welfare Policies / Rodney E. Hero""""Commentary""; ""13. Why Welfare Is Racist / Frances Fox Piven""; ""References""; ""Contributors""; ""Name Index""; ""Subject Index""