PIMPING THE WELFARE SYSTEM - EMPOWERING PARTICIPANTS WITH ECONO

Informationen zum Autor By Kerry C. Woodward Klappentext Pimping the System is an ethnographic study of two welfare offices that empowered welfare-reliant women by providing dominant economic, social, and cultural capital in ways that acknowledged and respected the types of capital participants already possessed. It highlights ways that policy makers and front-line workers can best assist welfare participants, and shows the potential for welfare programs to be sites of individual and community empowerment. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: An Empowering Approach to Welfare ProgramsChapter 1: Beyond "Work First": Repressive vs. Empowering Welfare ProgramsChapter 2: Encouraging Work, Discouraging the Hustle: Economic CapitalChapter 3: Bridging and Bonding: Social CapitalChapter 4: Pedagogy Matters: Cultural CapitalChapter 5: Education vs. Therapy: Comparing Lewiston and StraffordConclusion: Making the Best of a Bad PolicyNotesReferencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Kerry Woodward, Kerry C. Woodward, WOODWARD KERRY C, Woodward Kerry C.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2013
• EAN: 9780739168820
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6882-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Poverty & unemployment, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, Poverty and precarity