From Poverty to Punishment

How Welfare Reform Punishes the Poor. HOT OFF THE PRESS! Contributions by Leading Experts on Welfare Reform.

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Introduction
Peter Edelman


Welfare Policy and American Politics
Frances Fox Piven


From Social Contract to Social Control: Welfare Policy and Race
Gary Delgado, Rebecca Gordon


The Right’s Campaign against Welfare
Jean Hardisty, Lucy A. Williams


Welfare Privatization: Prospecting among the Poor
Bill Berkowitz


Race and State Welfare Reform Choices: A Cause for Concern
Sanford F. Schram


Silencing Poverty: A Study of News Coverage of Welfare
Hunter Cutting, John Avalos, S. Xochitl Bervera


Racism in U.S. Welfare Policy: A Human Rights Issue
Linda Burnham


Valuing Women’s Work
Gwendolyn Mink


Legislating Patriarchy
Martha F. Davis


Getting Our Due: Enforcing Fairness in the Welfare System
Maya Wiley


Measuring Welfare Reform Success by a Different Standard
Diana M. Pearce


Access Denied
LeeAnn Hall, Carson Strege-Flora


Progressive Organizing on Welfare Policy
Deepak Bhargava


"The New World of Welfare Reform" Meets the New Welfare Rights Movement
Vanessa Daniel


Reframing the Welfare Debate: Racial Equity and Fair Treatment
Menachem Krajcer, Gary Delgado

 

 

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