| Description |
x, 234 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-228) and index. |
| Contents |
Contracting America : the cycle of representation and the contagion of policy discourse -- Where the welfare queen resides : the subtext of personal responsibility -- In the clinic : the medicalization of welfare -- Deconstructing devolution : racing to the bottom and other ironies of welfare reform -- Redefining the family, redefining the state : the politics of incorporation and the case of same-sex marriage -- A new space for welfare policy research : benefit decline on the internet -- After social security : searching for a postindustrial ethic. |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- United States.
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United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
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| ISBN |
0814797547 cloth alkaline paper |
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0814797555 paperback alkaline paper |
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