Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

by Richard C. Fording, Sanford F. Schram, Joe Soss, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226768775
• ISBN13: 9780226768779
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"