Race and the Politics of Welfare Reform

by Joe Soss, Sanford F. Schram, Richard C. Fording

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472068318
• ISBN13: 9780472068319
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"