The politics of social welfare in America / Glenn David Mackin, University of Rochester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackin, Glenn David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Poor--Government policy--United States.

Poor.

People with disabilities--United States.

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Government policy--United States.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The aporia of practical reason : from ethics to politics

The aporia of social rights

Welfare discourse as a narrative of political founding

Otherwise than need

Needing rights

Politics, not ontology.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-32694-X

1-107-23720-3

1-107-33587-6

1-107-33262-1

1-107-33338-5

1-107-33670-8

1-107-33504-3

1-139-24142-7

OCLC:

842929942