Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media, and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Martin GilensSeries:Studies in Communication, Media, and Public OpinionPublish date:2000-10-01Pages:303
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226293653ISBN-10:226293653UPC:9780226293653Book Category:Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Public Policy, Sociology, American GovernmentBook Topic:Social Services & WelfareSize:8.86 x 7.12 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.93Product ID:SCCP1CQ5BY
Tackling one of the most volatile issues in contemporary politics, Martin Gilens's work punctures myths and misconceptions about welfare policy, public opinion, and the role of the media in both. Why Americans Hate Welfare shows that the public's views on welfare are a complex mixture of cynicism and compassion; misinformed and racially charged, they nevertheless reflect both a distrust of welfare recipients and a desire to do more to help the "deserving" poor. "With one out of five children currently living in poverty and more than 100,000 families with children now homeless, Gilens's book is must reading if you want to understand how the mainstream media have helped justify, and even produce, this state of affairs." --Susan Douglas, The Progressive
"Gilens's well-written and logically developed argument deserves to be taken seriously." --Choice "A provocative analysis of American attitudes towards 'welfare.'. . . [Gilens] shows how racial stereotypes, not white self-interest or anti-statism, lie at the root of opposition to welfare programs." -Library Journal
"Gilens's well-written and logically developed argument deserves to be taken seriously." --Choice "A provocative analysis of American attitudes towards 'welfare.'. . . [Gilens] shows how racial stereotypes, not white self-interest or anti-statism, lie at the root of opposition to welfare programs." -Library Journal
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226293653ISBN-10:226293653UPC:9780226293653Book Category:Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Public Policy, Sociology, American GovernmentBook Topic:Social Services & WelfareSize:8.86 x 7.12 x 0.78 inchesWeight:0.93Product ID:SCCP1CQ5BY
Gilens, Martin: - Martin Gilens is Professor of Public Policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. He is the author of Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media, and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy and Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America.
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