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The new welfare bureaucrats :

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(cloth : alk. paper)

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The new welfare bureaucrats :

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entanglements of race, class, and policy reform /

Celeste Watkins-Hayes

Chicago :

University of Chicago Press,

2009

xiii, 315 p. ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-307) and index

Introduction: do street-level bureaucracies matter in a post-welfare era? -- Situated bureaucrats: locating identity in catch-all bureaucracies -- Not everyone has the same bag of tricks: identity discord, discretionary toolkits, and policymaking in a changing institution -- Reinventing the street-level welfare bureaucrat: the reformation of professional -- Identities in postreform welfare offices -- Am I my sister's keeper: race, class, gender, and community in Staunton -- Race, place, and politics: negotiating community and diversity in Fishertown -- Conclusion: the crisis of identity in catch-all bureaucracies -- Appendix A: professional identities in the making: a history of the profession of welfare casework -- Appendix B: demographic data -- Appendix C: methodology

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Public welfare administration-- United States

Social case work-- United States

Social service and race relations-- United States

Watkins-Hayes, Celeste

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