TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mackin,Glenn
TI  - The politics of social welfare in AmericaGlenn David Mackin, University of Rochester
SN  - 9781107336704
AV  - HV95 .P655 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - United States
KW  - Poor
KW  - Government policy
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The aphoria of practical reason: from ethics to politics; 2. The aphoria of social rights; 3. The welfare system as a narrative of founding; 4. Otherwise than need; 5. Needing rights; Conclusion; 2; b
N2  - "The Politics of Social Welfare in America examines how politicians, theorists, and citizens discuss need, welfare, and disability with respect to theoretical and political projects. Glenn David Mackin argues that participants in these discussions often miss the way their perceptions of those in need shape their discourse. Professor Mackin also explores disability rights groups and welfare rights activism in the 1960s and 1970s to examine the ways that those designated as needy or incompetent often challenge these designations, thus making the issue of welfare an ongoing conflict over who counts as competent and generating new ways of understanding democracy and equality"--
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