Policing welfare : punitive adversarialism in public assistance

著者

    • Headworth, Spencer

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Policing welfare : punitive adversarialism in public assistance

Spencer Headworth

University of Chicago Press, 2021

  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-286) and index

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内容説明

Means-tested government assistance in the United States requires recipients to meet certain criteria and continue to maintain their eligibility so that benefits are paid to the "truly needy." Welfare is regarded with such suspicion in this country that considerable resources are spent policing the boundaries of eligibility, which are delineated by an often confusing and baroque set of rules and regulations. Even minor infractions of the many rules can cause people to be dropped from these programs, and possibly face criminal prosecution. In this book, Spencer Headworth offers the first study of the structure of fraud control in the welfare system by examining the relations between different levels of governmental agencies, from federal to local, and their enforcement practices. Policing Welfare shows how the enforcement regime of welfare has been constructed to further stigmatize those already living in poverty and deepens disparities of class, race, and gender in our society.

目次

List of Abbreviations Chapter 1. The Strings Attached Chapter 2. One Nation, Finding Fraud Chapter 3. The Mill and the Grist Chapter 4. The Welfare Police Chapter 5. Occupational Frames and Identities in Fraud Control Work Chapter 6. Fraud Control as Performance Chapter 7. The Blame Game Chapter 8. Finding Welfare Rule Violators Chapter 9. Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix Notes References Index

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