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"Disciplining the Poor" lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. The authors argue that poverty governance - how social welfare policy choices get made, how authority gets exercised, and how collective pursuits get organized - has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments. The rise of paternalism has promoted a more directive and supervisory approach to managing the poor. This has intersected with a second development: the rise of neoliberalism as an organizing principle of governance. Neoliberals have redesigned state operations around market principles; to impose market discipline, core state functions - from war to welfare - have been contracted out to private providers. The authors seek to clarify the origins, operations, and consequences of neoliberal paternalism as a mode of poverty governance, tracing its impact from the federal level, to the state and county level, down to the differences in ways frontline case workers take disciplinary actions in individual cases. The book also addresses the complex role race has come to play in contemporary poverty governance.
"Disciplining the Poor" lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. The authors argue that poverty governance - how social welfare policy choices get made, how authority gets exercised, and how collective pursuits get organized - has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments. The rise of paternalism has promoted a more directive and supervisory approach to managing the poor. This has intersected with a second development: the rise of neoliberalism as an organizing principle of governance. Neoliberals have redesigned state operations around market principles; to impose market discipline, core state functions - from war to welfare - have been contracted out to private providers. The authors seek to clarify the origins, operations, and consequences of neoliberal paternalism as a mode of poverty governance, tracing its impact from the federal level, to the state and county level, down to the differences in ways frontline case workers take disciplinary actions in individual cases. The book also addresses the complex role race has come to play in contemporary poverty governance.
It's hard to imagine discussing welfare policy without discussing
race, yet all too often this uncomfortable factor is avoided or
simply ignored. Sometimes the relationship between welfare and race
is treated as so self-evident as to need no further attention;
equally often, race in the context of welfare is glossed over, lest
it raise hard questions about racism in American society as a
whole. Either way, ducking the issue misrepresents the facts and
misleads the public and policy-makers alike.
Large numbers of Americans claim public resources and participate
in direct relationships with government through the diversity of
welfare programs found in the United States. Most public debates
ignore the political importance of these activities, focusing
instead on the economic and moral questions raised by welfare
policy. By contrast, "Unwanted Claims" asks how different types of
welfare programs, such as social insurance and public assistance,
affect the lives of ordinary citizens. The author investigates why
citizens turn to welfare programs, how they view the welfare
system, and what they learn from experiences in welfare programs
about themselves and government. The analysis shows that the
welfare system plays a surprisingly important and sometimes
contradictory role in modern political life. Depending on their
designs, welfare programs can draw citizens into a more inclusive
and vibrant democracy or treat them in ways that reinforce their
social and political marginality.
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