The new welfare bureaucrats : entanglements of race, class, and policy reform
Celeste Watkins-Hayes
| Year of publication: |
2009
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| Authors: | Watkins-Hayes, Celeste |
| Publisher: |
Chicago [u.a.] : Univ. of Chicago Press |
| Subject: | Sozialverwaltung | Social administration | Sozialreform | Welfare reform | Sozialer Dienst | Social services | Öffentliche Sozialleistungen | Social security benefits | Sozialleistungsempfänger | Welfare recipients | USA | United States | Sozialarbeit |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | xiii, 315 p 24 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | 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. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-87491-3 ; 0-226-87491-5 ; 978-0-226-87492-0 ; 0-226-87492-3 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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