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Citizens and Paupers (Paperback)
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There was a time when America's poor faced a stark choice between
access to social welfare and full civil rights--a predicament that
forced them to forfeit their citizenship in exchange for economic
relief. Over time, however, our welfare system improved
dramatically. But as Chad Alan Goldberg here demonstrates, its
legacy of disenfranchisement persisted. Indeed, from Reconstruction
onward, welfare policies have remained a flashpoint for recurring
struggles over the boundaries of citizenship.
"Citizens and Paupers" explores this contentious history by
analyzing and comparing three major programs: the Freedmen's
Bureau, the Works Progress Administration, and the present-day
system of workfare that arose in the 1990s. Each of these overhauls
of the welfare state created new groups of clients, new policies
for aiding them, and new disputes over citizenship--conflicts that
were entangled in racial politics and of urgent concern for social
activists.
This combustible mix of racial tension and social reform continues
to influence how we think about welfare, and "Citizens and Paupers"
is an invaluable analysis of the roots of the debate.
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