Cheating welfare
Subtitle: public assistance and the criminalization of poverty
By: Kaaryn S. Gustafson
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780814732311; 9780814732915
Subjects: Welfare fraud; Public welfare; Case studies
Description: Discusses the history and prevalence of welfare fraud using interviews and case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Reconstructing social ills : from the perils of poverty to welfare dependency; title: The criminalization of poverty; title: A glimpse at the interviewees; title: Living within and without the rules; title: Engaging with rules and negotiating compliance; title: Contextualizing criminality, non-compliance, and resistance; title: Cheating ourselves.