Pimping the welfare system : empowering participants with economic, social, and cultural capital /

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Pimping the System is an ethnographic study of two welfare offices that empowered welfare-reliant women by providing dominant economic, social, and cultural capital in ways that acknowledged and respected the types of capital participants already possessed. It highlights ways that policy makers and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woodward, Kerry C., 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2013.
Temas:
Public welfare > California > Contra Costa County.
Welfare recipients > California > Contra Costa County.
Low-income mothers > California > Contra Costa County.
Aide sociale > Californie > Contra Costa.
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > Californie > Contra Costa.
Mères à faible revenu > Californie > Contra Costa.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Low-income mothers
Public welfare
Welfare recipients
California > Contra Costa County
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: an empowering approach to welfare programs
  • Beyond "work first" : repressive vs. empowering welfare programs
  • Encouraging work, discouraging the hustle : economic capital
  • Bridging and bonding : social capital
  • Pedagogy matters : cultural capital
  • Education vs. therapy : comparing Lewiston and Strafford
  • Conclusion: making the best of a bad policy
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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