Disciplining the Poor
Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race
1st Edition
Published on 20. October 2011
384 pages
978-0-226-76878-6 (ISBN)
Description
Disciplining the Poor explains the transformation of poverty governance over the past forty years why it happened, how it works today, and how it affects people. In the process, it clarifies the central role of race in this transformation and develops a more precise account of how race shapes poverty governance in the post civil rights era. Connecting welfare reform to other policy developments, the authors analyze diverse forms of data to explicate the racialized origins, operations, and consequences of a new mode of poverty governance that is simultaneously neoliberal grounded in market principles and paternalist focused on telling the poor what is best for them. The study traces the process of rolling out the new regime from the federal level, to the state and county level, down to the differences in ways frontline case workers take disciplinary actions in individual cases. The result is a compelling account of how a neoliberal paternalist regime of poverty governance is disciplining the poor today.
All prices
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Joe Soss | Richard C. Fording | Sanford F. Schram
Disciplining the Poor
Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race
Book
11/2011
University of Chicago Press
€100.44
Shipment within 10-20 days
Joe Soss | Richard C. Fording | Sanford F. Schram
Disciplining the Poor
Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race
Book
11/2011
University of Chicago Press
€35.50
Shipment within 10-20 days
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Rise of Neoliberal Paternalism
- 3. The Color of Neoliberal Paternalism
- 4. Race and Social Control in the States, 1960-95
- 5. Race and Federalism in Welfare's Disciplinary Turn
- 6. Studying Poverty Governance in Florida: Why and How
- 7. The Local Politics of Discipline
- 8. The Marketization of Poverty Governance
- 9. Performance, Perversity, and Punishment
- 10. Caseworker Discretion and Decisions to Discipline
- 11. Does Neoliberal Paternalism Matter for the Poor?
- 12. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
