The Moral Construction of Poverty: Welfare Reform in AmericaWhen allocating resources, should a distinction be made between the deserving and undeserving poor? Do gender, class or race play a role in designing welfare programmes? Why are welfare policies so charged with moral and political controversy? Discussing these and other significant issues, this volume provides an in-depth look at the historical and philosophical roots of the American welfare system, the strategies used to cope with their welfare crisis and current reform efforts. |
Contents
What Is Welfare Policy? | 15 |
From the New Deal to the Present | 82 |
The Institutionalization | 132 |
Copyright | |
3 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able-bodied poor administration AFDC recipients AFDC-UP African-American argued basic behavior benefits changes child protection child-support consensus costs dependent children deserving deviant domestic code economic eligibility employable employment ethic excluded experience Family Support Act food stamps funding GAIN Garfinkel gender gram grant Greenberg groups ideologies impact incentives increase job search Katz Kessler-Harris labor discipline labor market legislation liberal low-wage major male McLanahan means test ment million moral ambiguity morally excused negative income tax outdoor relief paid labor force parents participation patriarchal pauperism PBJI pension period political poorhouse poverty problem Quadagno reduced requirements responsibility result sanctions single mothers Skocpol & Ikenberry social control Social Security Act strategy symbols tion U.S. Congress undeserving poor unem unemployed unemployment insurance wage welfare policy welfare recipients welfare reform welfare rolls women work-relief workers workfare