After Welfare: The Culture of Postindustrial Social Policy

by Sanford Schram

Book Overview

Do contemporary welfare policies reflect the realities of the economy and the needs of those in need of public assistance, or are they based on outdated and idealized notions of work and family life? Are we are moving from a "war on poverty" to a "war against the poor?" In this critique of American social welfare policy, Sanford F. Schram explores the cultural anxieties over the putatively deteriorating "American work ethic," and the class, race,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814797555
• ISBN13: 9780814797556
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"