The new welfare bureaucrats : entanglements of race, class, and policy reform /

Main Author: Watkins-Hayes, Celeste
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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245 1 4 |a The new welfare bureaucrats :  |b entanglements of race, class, and policy reform /  |c Celeste Watkins-Hayes. 
260 1 4 |a Chicago :  |b University of Chicago Press,  |c 2009. 
300 1 4 |a xiii, 315 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-307) and index. 
505 1 4 |a 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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650 1 4 |a Social service and race relations  |z United States. 
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