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The Politics of Disgust : the Public Identity of the Welfare Queen.

Winner of the 2006 Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Organized Section Best First Book Award from the American Political Science Association. Winner of the 2006 W.E.B. DuBois Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Ange-Marie Hancock argues that longstanding beliefs about...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hancock, Ange-Marie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Winner of the 2006 Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Organized Section Best First Book Award from the American Political Science Association. Winner of the 2006 W.E.B. DuBois Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Ange-Marie Hancock argues that longstanding beliefs about poor African American mothers were the foundation for the contentious 1996 welfare reform debate that effectively "ended welfare as we know it." By examining the public identity of the so-called welfare queen and its role in hindering democratic deliberation, The Politics of Disgust shows
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.
ISBN:9780814744611
0814744613