After welfare : the culture of postindustrial social policy /

Schram, Sanford.

After welfare : the culture of postindustrial social policy / Sanford F. Schram. - New York : New York University Press, c2000. - x, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-228) and index.

Contracting America : the cycle of representation and the contagion of policy discourse -- Where the welfare queen resides : the subtext of personal responsibility -- In the clinic : the medicalization of welfare -- Deconstructing devolution : racing to the bottom and other ironies of welfare reform -- Redefining the family, redefining the state : the politics of incorporation and the case of same-sex marriage -- A new space for welfare policy research : benefit decline on the Internet -- After social security : searching for a postindustrial ethic.

0814797547 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814797555 (pbk. : alk. paper)

99006916

HN65 / .S426 2000

361.610973