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Why Americans hate welfare : race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy / Martin Gilens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilens, Martin.
- Series:
- Studies in communication, media, and public opinion.
- Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare in mass media.
- Racism in mass media.
- Mass media and public opinion--United States.
- Mass media and public opinion.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tackling one of the most volatile issues in contemporary politics, Martin Gilens's work punctures myths and misconceptions about welfare policy, public opinion, and the role of the media in both. Why Americans Hate Welfare shows that the public's views on welfare are a complex mixture of cynicism and compassion; misinformed and racially charged, they nevertheless reflect both a distrust of welfare recipients and a desire to do more to help the ""deserving"" poor. ""With one out of five children currently living in poverty and more than 100,000 families with children now hom
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The American Welfare State: Public Opinion and Public Policy; 2 Individualism, Self-Interest, and Opposition to Welfare; 3 Racial Attitudes, the Undeserving Poor, and Opposition to Welfare; 4 Assessing Alternative Explanations: Statistical Models of Welfare Attitudes; 5 The News Media and the Racialization of Poverty; 6 Media Distortions: Causes and Consequences; 7 Racial Stereotypes and Public Responses to Poverty; 8 Beyond the Attitude Survey: Public Opinion and Antipoverty Policy; 9 The Politics of the American Welfare State; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612679070
- 9781282679078
- 1282679074
- 9780226293660
- 0226293661
- OCLC:
- 648760717
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