The New Welfare Bureaucrats : Entanglements of Race, Class, and Policy Reform
Celeste. Watkins-Hayes
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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| Medvirkende | Watkins-Hayes, Celeste. (Author)
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| Utgitt | Chicago, IL : : University of Chicago Press, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (331 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Do Street-Level Bureaucracies Matter in a Post-Welfare Era?; 1 Situated Bureaucrats: Locating Identity in Catch-All Bureaucracies; 2 Not Everyone Has the Same Bag of Tricks: Identity Discord, Discretionary Toolkits, and Policymaking in a Changing Institution; 3 Reinventing the Street-Level Welfare Bureaucrat? The Reformation of Professional Identities in Postreform Welfare Offices; 4 Am I My Sister's Keeper? Race, Class, Gender, and Community in Staunton; 5 Race, Place, and Politics: Negotiating Community and Diversity in Fishertown. - 6 Conclusion: The Crisis of Identity in Catch-All BureaucraciesAppendix A. Professional Identities in the Making: A History of the Profession of Welfare Casework; Appendix B. Demographic Data; Appendix C. Methodology; Notes; Works Cited; Index. - As the recession worsens, more and more Americans must turn to welfare to make ends meet. Once inside the agency, the newly jobless will face a bureaucracy that has undergone massive change since the advent of welfare reform in 1996. A behind-the-scenes look at bureaucracy's human face, The New Welfare Bureaucrats is a compelling study of welfare officers and how they navigate the increasingly tangled political and emotional terrain of their jobs.Celeste Watkins-Hayes here reveals how welfare reform engendered a shift in focus for caseworkers from simply providing mo
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| Emner | Public welfare administration - United States
Social case work - United States Social service and race relations - United States Byråkrati Vis mer... Social Sciences
Social Welfare & Social Work - General Social Welfare & Social Work Sosialomsorg USA Velferd sosial velferd velferdsstaten usa sosialt arbeid administrasjon |
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| ISBN | 0226874915. - 0226874923. - 9780226874913. - 9780226874920
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