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Pimping the welfare system : empowering participants with economic, social, and cultural capital /

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...

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Main Author: Woodward, Kerry C., 1975-
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2013.
Subjects:
Public welfare > California > Contra Costa County.
Welfare recipients > California > Contra Costa County.
Low-income mothers > California > Contra Costa County.
Aide sociale > Californie > Contra Costa.
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > Californie > Contra Costa.
Mères à faible revenu > Californie > Contra Costa.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Low-income mothers
Public welfare
Welfare recipients
California > Contra Costa County
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dissertations.
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Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739168837
0739168835
1299288839
9781299288836