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Author Woodward, Kerry C., 1975-

Title Pimping the welfare system : empowering participants with economic, social, and cultural capital / Kerry C. Woodward.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction: an empowering approach to welfare programs -- Beyond "work first" : repressive vs. empowering welfare programs -- Encouraging work, discouraging the hustle : economic capital -- Bridging and bonding : social capital -- Pedagogy matters : cultural capital -- Education vs. therapy : comparing Lewiston and Strafford -- Conclusion: making the best of a bad policy -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary Pimping the System is an ethnographic study of two welfare offices that empowered welfare-reliant women by providing dominant economic, social, and cultural capital in ways that acknowledged and respected the types of capital participants already possessed. It highlights ways that policy makers and front-line workers can best assist welfare participants, and shows the potential for welfare programs to be sites of individual and community empowerment.
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Subject Public welfare -- California -- Contra Costa County.
Public welfare.
California -- Contra Costa County.
Welfare recipients -- California -- Contra Costa County.
Welfare recipients.
Low-income mothers -- California -- Contra Costa County.
Low-income mothers.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Woodward, Kerry C., 1975- Pimping the welfare system. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2013 9780739168820 (DLC) 2012051601 (OCoLC)826640114
ISBN 9780739168837 (electronic book)
0739168835 (electronic book)
1299288839
9781299288836
9780739168820
0739168827