Grim fairy tales : the rhetorical construction of American welfare policy /

Examines the role of language in framing welfare policy and contemporary welfare discussions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gring-Pemble, Lisa M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Colección:Praeger series in political communication.
Temas:
Public welfare > United States.
Welfare state.
État providence.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Public welfare
Social policy
Welfare state
Wohlfahrtsstaat
Sozialpolitik
United States > Social policy.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Welfare legislation is symbolic : an introduction
  • American social welfare policy in context, 1600-1935
  • American social welfare policy in context, 1936-2003
  • "Are we going to now govern by anecdote?" : a portrait of the misfortunate, the feckless, the young, and the fathers
  • Legislating a "normal classic family" : the rhetorical construction of families in American welfare policy
  • In search of an exigence to warrant reform : public opinion, policy research, and anecdotal evidence
  • American welfare policy and the ineluctable appeal of language : conclusion and implications.

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