Ochs Privatizing the Polity

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5761-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Presents evidence that the expansion of welfare privatization makes it harder for people to move out of poverty in large numbers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ochs, Holona LeAnne

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Framing the Welfare Policy Process

2. The Evolution of Devolution

3. The States of PRWORA-Related Welfare Programs

4. The Privatization of Poverty Governance

5. Workfare Policies and the State of Self-Sufficiency

6. Philanthrocapitalism: “New Markets” for Social Services

Conclusion

Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C

Conceptual Appendix
Notes
Reference
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Holona LeAnne Ochs is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University. She is the coauthor (with Richard Seltzer) of Getting a Cut: A Contextual Understanding of Commission Systems and Gratuity: A Contextual Understanding of Tipping Norms from the Perspective of Tipped Employees.