The truth of globalization discourse -- Reversed polarities -- Truth is a woman -- Welfare as racemaking -- Recommodified discourse -- Deconstructing dependency -- Compassionate liberalism.
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For the past decade, political scientist Sanford Schram has led the academic effort to understand how Americans and their political officials talk about poverty and welfare and what impact that discourse has on policy and on the global society. In Welfare Discipline, Schram argues that it is time to take stock of the new forms of welfare and to develop even better methods to understand them. He argues for a more contextualized approach to examining welfare policy, from the use of the idea of globalization to justify cutbacks, to the increasing employment of U.S. policy discourse overseas, to the development of asset-based approaches to helping the poor. Stressing the importance of understanding the ways we talk about welfare, how we study it, and, critically, what we do not discuss and why, Schram offers recommendations for making welfare policy both just and effective.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctt143h09d
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Title
Welfare discipline.
International Standard Book Number
1592133010
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Discourse analysis.
Globalization-- Social aspects.
Public welfare-- Europe.
Public welfare-- United States.
Public welfare.
Social policy.
Discourse analysis.
Globalization-- Social aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.