Why Americans hate welfare : race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy /
"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 p...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1999.
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| Series: | Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
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| 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 they think it benefits blacks; rather, they think it benefits "undeserving" blacks who would rather live off the government than work, a perception powerfully fueled by the media's negative coverage of the black poor." "The public's views on welfare, Gilens shows, are a complex mixture of cynicism and compassion; misinformed and racially charged, they nevertheless reflect both a distrust of welfare recipients and a desire to do more to help the "deserving" poor."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 296 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226293645 9780226293646 |