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" The new welfare bureaucrats : "
Celeste Watkins-Hayes
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BL
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711251
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b533440
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| Main Entry
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Watkins-Hayes, Celeste
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The new welfare bureaucrats : : entanglements of race, class, and policy reform /\ Celeste Watkins-Hayes
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2009
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xiii, 315 p. ;; 24 cm
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0226874915
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: 0226874923
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: 9780226874913
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: 9780226874920
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-307) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: do street-level bureaucracies matter in a post-welfare era? -- Situated bureaucrats: locating identity in catch-all bureaucracies -- Not everyone has the same bag of tricks: identity discord, discretionary toolkits, and policymaking in a changing institution -- Reinventing the street-level welfare bureaucrat: the reformation of professional -- Identities in postreform welfare offices -- Am I my sister's keeper: race, class, gender, and community in Staunton -- Race, place, and politics: negotiating community and diversity in Fishertown -- Conclusion: the crisis of identity in catch-all bureaucracies -- Appendix A: professional identities in the making: a history of the profession of welfare casework -- Appendix B: demographic data -- Appendix C: methodology
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Public welfare administration-- United States
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Social case work-- United States
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Social service and race relations-- United States
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HV91.W375 2009
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