The Politics of Disgust : the Public Identity of the Welfare Queen.

The Politics of Disgust : the Public Identity of the Welfare Queen.

Winner of the 2006 Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Organized Section Best First Book Award from the American Political Science Association. Winner of the 2006 W.E.B. DuBois Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Ange-Marie Hancock argues that longstanding beliefs about...

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Main Author: Hancock, Ange-Marie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Public welfare > United States.
Welfare recipients > United States.
Public welfare
Welfare recipients
Schwarze
Sozialhilfeempfängerin
Sozialpolitik
Schwarze Frau
United States
USA
Schwärze
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Table of Contents:
  • Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The Face of Welfare Reform; 2 Political Culture and the Public Identity of the "Welfare Queen"; 3 The News Media: Constructing the Politics of Disgust?; 4 Public Discourse in Congress: Haunted by Ghosts of "WelfareQueens" Past; 5 Contending with the Politics of Disgust: Public Identity through Welfare Recipients' Eyes; 6 The Dual Threat: The Impact of Public Identityand the Politics of Disgust onDemocratic Deliberation; 7 Epilogue: Public Identity and the Politics of Disgustin the New Millennium.
  • Appendix A: Citations for News Media Data SetAnalyzed in Chapter 3Appendix B: Congressional Record DocumentsAnalyzed in Chapter 4; Appendix C: Data Analysis Procedures; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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