The politics of social welfare in America / / Glenn David Mackin, University of Rochester [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Mackin Glenn David
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 361.60973
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare - United States; Poor - Government policy - United States; People with disabilities - United States; People with disabilities - Government policy - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social policy
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The aporia of practical reason : from ethics to politics -- The aporia of social rights -- Welfare discourse as a narrative of political founding -- Otherwise than need -- Needing rights -- Politics, not ontology.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Politics of Social Welfare in America examines how politicians, theorists and citizens discuss need, welfare and disability with respect to theoretical and political projects. Glenn David Mackin argues that participants in these discussions often miss the way their perceptions of those in need shape their discourse. Professor Mackin also explores disability rights groups and welfare rights activism in the 1960s and 1970s to examine the ways that those designated as needy or incompetent often challenge these designations, thus making the issue of welfare an ongoing conflict over who counts as competent and generating new ways of understanding democracy and equality.
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of social welfare in America
• ISBN: 1-107-23720-3; 1-107-33587-6; 1-107-33262-1; 1-107-33338-5; 1-107-33670-8; 1-107-33504-3; 1-139-24142-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462865103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II