Work requirements : race, disability, and the print culture of social welfare /

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"Work Requirements reframes the history of work-based social welfare practice as a representational project tasked with shoring up the inherent meaningfulness of work, examining what Todd Carmody calls the "print culture of social welfare" to show how work became an indicator of socia...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carmody, Todd, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Public welfare > United States > History.
Welfare recipients > United States > History.
Work > Social aspects > United States.
African Americans > United States > Social conditions.
People with disabilities > United States > Social conditions.
Minorities > United States > Social conditions.
Personnes handicapées > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Noirs américains > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Travail > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > American > African American & Black Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
African Americans > Social conditions
Minorities > Social conditions
People with disabilities > Social conditions
Public welfare
Welfare recipients
Work > Social aspects
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Signs Taken for Work
  • The Pensioner's Claim
  • The Beggar's Case
  • The Work of the Image
  • Institutional Rhythms
  • Coda: Remaking Reciprocity

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