White, Julie Anne
Description
The commitment to “end welfare as we know it” shaped public policy in the 1990s. Analysts all seemed to agree that public welfare programs were a reso
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unding failure. What should better public care look like?
Democracy, Justice, and the Welfare State sets up a dialogue between work on the ethic of care and studies of public care in practice. White argues that care as it is currently institutionalized often both assumes and perpetuates dependency and so paternalistic relationships of authority. Better public care requires that such paternalistic practices be challenged. Care appropriate to a democratic context must itself be a democratic practice.
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Democracy
NEW YORK (N.Y.)_SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Justice.
PUBLIC WELFARE_UNITED STATES
WELFARE STATE
Reading Moods
Romantic & Emotional
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Penn State University Press
Month-Year
Jun, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780271020037
ISBN-10: 0271020032
Language
English
No. of Pages
192
Format
Paperback
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