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Cheating welfare : public assistance and the criminalization of poverty
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- Creator
- Kaaryn S. Gustafson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : New York University Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- xi, 227 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780814732311, 9780814732915, 0814732917, 9780814760796, 9780814733394, 0814760791, 0814733395, 0814732313
- OCLC
- ocn692291850, ocn744333846
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
- Introduction -- Reconstructing social ills : from the perils of poverty to welfare dependency -- The criminalization of poverty -- A glimpse at the interviewees -- Living within and without the rules -- Engaging with rules and negotiating compliance -- Contextualizing criminality, noncompliance, and resistance -- Cheating ourselves
- Introduction -- Reconstructing social ills : from the perils of poverty to welfare dependency -- The criminalization of poverty -- A glimpse at the interviewees -- Living within and without the rules -- Engaging with rules and negotiating compliance -- Contextualizing criminality, noncompliance, and resistance -- Cheating ourselves
- Introduction -- Reconstructing social ills : from the perils of poverty to welfare dependency -- The criminalization of poverty -- A glimpse at the interviewees -- Living within and without the rules -- Engaging with rules and negotiating compliance -- Contextualizing criminality, non-compliance, and resistance -- Cheating ourselves