Synopses & Reviews
have long undermined public assistance programs. Challenging the current contention that racism is of decreasing importance in our society, Neubeck and Cazenave warn that avoidance of the race issue will lead to unprecedented racial conflict in the 21st century.
A powerful expose of a deeply-rooted but woefully ignored form of racial blindness, Welfare Racism is an important first step toward more humane and rational policies for the men, women, and children who have been ravaged by the current system.
Kenneth J. Neubeck and Noel A. Cazenave have written extensively on poverty and social problems in the U.S. Neubeck is the author of Social Problems: A Critical Approach, and Cazenave is an expert on the War on Poverty of the 1960s. They are both Associate Professors of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.
*Biting analysis of Clinton's promise to end welfare as we know it and the devastating impact of welfare reform in the 1990s
* Most welfare recipients in theU.S. are white, despite the images that pervade the media
* The first book to fully explore the racist baggage that has repeatedly undercut U.S. welfare policy
Synopsis
Welfare Racism analyzes the impact of racism on US welfare policy. Through historical and present-day analysis, the authors show how race-based attitudes, policy making, and administrative policies have long had a negative impact on public assistance programs. The book adds an important and controversial voice to the current welfare debates surrounding the recent legilation that abolished the AFDC.