The Moral Construction of Poverty: Welfare Reform in America

by Joel F. Handler, Zeke Hasenfeld, Yeheskel Hasenfeld

Book Overview

When allocating resources, should a distinction be made between the deserving and undeserving poor? Do gender, class or race play a role in designing welfare programmes? Why are welfare policies so charged with moral and political controversy? Discussing these and other significant issues, this volume provides an in-depth look at the historical and philosophical roots of the American welfare system, the strategies used to cope with their welfare crisis...

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