Disciplining the Poor Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

Name: Disciplining the Poor Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race
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ISBN: 9780226768779

ISBN-10: 0226768775

ISBN-13: 9780226768779

Edition: 2011

Authors: Joe Soss, Richard C. Fording, Sanford F. Schram

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Disciplining the Poorlays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. The authors argue that poverty governance-how social welfare policy choices get made, how authority gets exercised, and how collective pursuits get organized-has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments. The rise of paternalism has promoted a more directive and supervisory approach to managing the poor. This has intersected with a second development: the rise of neoliberalism as an organizing principle of governance. Neoliberals have redesigned state operations around market principles; to impose market discipline, core state functions-from war to…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Joe Soss is the Cowles Professor for the Study of Public Service in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

Richard C. Fording is professor in and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama.



Acknowledgments



Introduction



The Rise Of Neoliberal Paternalism



The Color Of Neoliberal Paternalism



Race And Social Control In The States, 1960-95



Race And Federalism In Welfare's Disciplinary Turn



Studying Poverty Governance In Florida! Why And How



The Local Politics Of Discipline



The Marketization Of Poverty Governance



Performance, Perversity, And Punishment



Caseworker Discretion And Decisions To Discipline



Does Neoliberal Paternalism Matter For The Poor?



Conclusion


Notes


References


Index