Cheating Welfare : Public Assistance and the Criminalization of Poverty /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gustafson, Kaaryn S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public welfare > California > Case studies.
Welfare fraud > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Reconstructing social ills : from the perils of poverty to welfare dependency
  • The criminalization of poverty
  • A glimpse at the interviewees
  • Living within and without the rules
  • Engaging with rules and negotiating compliance
  • Contextualizing criminality, non-compliance, and resistance
  • Cheating ourselves.

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