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The new welfare bureaucrats : entanglements of race, class, and policy reform / Celeste Watkins-Hayes

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Watkins-Hayes, Celeste
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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xiii, 315 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents
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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9780226874913 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226874915 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226874920 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226874923 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307) and index.
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