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Living Off the Government?
- Race, Gender, and the Politics of Welfare
Engelsk Hardback
Living Off the Government?
- Race, Gender, and the Politics of Welfare
Engelsk Hardback

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Explores the ways welfare recipients lack adequate political representation Who deserves public assistance from the government? This age-old question has been revived by policymakers, pundits, and activists following the massive economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anne Whitesell takes up this timely debate, showing us how our welfare system, in its current state, fails the people it is designed to serve. From debates over stimulus check eligibility to the uncertain future of unemployment benefits, Living Off the Government? tackles it all. Examining welfare rules across eight different states, as well as 19,000 state and local interest groups, Whitesell shows how we determine who is—and who isn't—deserving of government assistance. She explores racial and gender stereotypes surrounding welfare recipients, particularly Black women and mothers; how different groups take advantage of these harmful stereotypes to push their own political agendas; and how the interests and needs of welfare recipients are inadequately represented as a result. Living Off the Government? highlights how harmful stereotypes about the race, gender, and class of welfare recipients filter into our highly polarized political arena to shape public policy. Whitesell calls out a system that she believes serves special interests and not the interests of low-income Americans.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9781479828562
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1479828564
Udg. Dato:
19 nov 2024
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
New York University Press
Oplagsdato:
19 nov 2024
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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