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Why Americans hate welfare : race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy / Martin Gilens.

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Why Americans hate welfare : race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy / Martin Gilens.

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Why Americans hate welfare : race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy / Martin Gilens.

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Why Americans hate welfare : race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy / Martin Gilens.

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Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.

Date

1999.

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T0383291

Record Identifier

74VvEj3kjpN3

MMS ID

991011758919702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xii, 296 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

1. The American Welfare State: Public Opinion and Public Policy -- 2. Individualism, Self-Interest, and Opposition to Welfare -- 3. Racial Attitudes, the Undeserving Poor, and Opposition to Welfare -- 4. Assessing Alternative Explanations: Statistical Models of Welfare Attitudes -- 5. The News Media...

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Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.

Place of Publication

Illinois

Date Published

1999.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

Drawing on surveys of public attitudes and analyses of more than forty years of television and newsmagazine stories on poverty, Gilens demonstrates how public opposition to welfare is fed by a potent combination of racial stereotypes and misinformation about the true nature of America's poor. But white Americans don't oppose welfare simply because...

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Why Americans hate welfare : race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy / Martin Gilens.

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General note

Studies in communication, media, and public opinion.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-279) and index.

Transferred from N070.4493616/1.

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T0383291

Record Identifier

74VvEj3kjpN3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEj3kjpN3

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ISBN

0226293645 :

9780226293646 (cloth : alk. paper)

0226293645 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780226293646 :

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070.4493616

MMS ID

991011758919702626

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