Deciding to Discipline: Race, Choice, and Punishment at the Frontlines of Welfare Reform

Welfare sanctions are financial penalties applied to individuals who fail to comply with welfare program rules. Their widespread use reflects a turn toward disciplinary approaches to poverty management. In this article, we investigate how implicit racial biases and discrediting social markers intera...

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Veröffentlicht in:American sociological review 2009-06, Vol.74 (3), p.398-422
Hauptverfasser: Schram, Sanford F., Soss, Joe, Fording, Richard C., Houser, Linda
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