Grim fairy tales : the rhetorical construction of American welfare policy / Lisa M. Gring-Pemble.

Examines the role of language in framing welfare policy and contemporary welfare discussions.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gring-Pemble, Lisa M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Series:	Praeger series in political communication.
Subjects:	Public welfare > United States. Welfare state. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services. Public welfare Social policy Welfare state Wohlfahrtsstaat Sozialpolitik United States > Social policy. United States USA
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Table of Contents:

Welfare legislation is symbolic : an introduction
American social welfare policy in context, 1600-1935
American social welfare policy in context, 1936-2003
"Are we going to now govern by anecdote?" : a portrait of the misfortunate, the feckless, the young, and the fathers
Legislating a "normal classic family" : the rhetorical construction of families in American welfare policy
In search of an exigence to warrant reform : public opinion, policy research, and anecdotal evidence
American welfare policy and the ineluctable appeal of language : conclusion and implications.

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