Policing welfare : punitive adversarialism in public assistance / Spencer Headworth.

By:

Headworth, Spencer

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

022677922X
022677936X
9780226779225
9780226779362

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.25/963 23

LOC classification:

HV95 .H385 2021

Contents:

Strings Attached -- One Nation, Finding Fraud -- Mill and the Grist -- Welfare Police -- Occupational Frames and Identities in Fraud Control Work -- Fraud Control as Performance -- Blame Game -- Finding Welfare Rule Violators -- Conclusion.

Summary: "Government assistance in the United States requires that recipients meet certain criteria and continue to maintain their eligibility so that benefits are paid to the "truly needy." Welfare is regarded with such suspicion in this country that considerable resources are spent to police the boundaries of eligibility. Even minor infractions of the many rules can cause people to be dropped from these programs. In this book Spencer Headworth gives us the first study of the structure of fraud control in the welfare system, the relations between different levels of governmental agencies, from federal to local, and their enforcement practices. Policing Welfare shows how the enforcement regime of welfare is trained on those living in poverty furthering their stigmatization and often deepening racial disparities in our society"-- Provided by publisher.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	HV95 .H385 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001534113

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index.

"Government assistance in the United States requires that recipients meet certain criteria and continue to maintain their eligibility so that benefits are paid to the "truly needy." Welfare is regarded with such suspicion in this country that considerable resources are spent to police the boundaries of eligibility. Even minor infractions of the many rules can cause people to be dropped from these programs. In this book Spencer Headworth gives us the first study of the structure of fraud control in the welfare system, the relations between different levels of governmental agencies, from federal to local, and their enforcement practices. Policing Welfare shows how the enforcement regime of welfare is trained on those living in poverty furthering their stigmatization and often deepening racial disparities in our society"-- Provided by publisher.

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