The Moral Construction of Poverty: Welfare Reform in America

by Joel F. Handler, Zeke Hasenfeld, Yeheskel Hasenfeld

Book Overview

When allocating resources, why are distinctions made between the deserving and undeserving poor? What role does gender, class, or race play in designing welfare programs? Why are welfare policies so charged with moral and political controversy? Discussing these and other significant issues, The Moral Construction of Poverty provides an in-depth look at the historical and philosophical roots of the American welfare system, the strategies used to cope...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803941978
• ISBN13: 9780803941977
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.