Visions of Poverty: Welfare Policy and Political Imagination (Rhetoric and Public Affairs) PDF
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Visions of Poverty RHETORIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES Eisenhower's War of Words: Rhetoric and Leadership Martin J. Medhurst, Editor The Nuclear Freeze Campaign: Rhetoric and Foreign Policy in the TelepoUtical Age J. Michael Hogan Mansfield and Vietnam: A Study in Rhetorical Adaptation Gregory A. Olson Truman and the Hiroshima Cult Robert P. Newman Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations Francis A. Beer and Robert Hariman, editors Rhetoric and Political Culture in 19th-Century America Thomas W. Benson, editor Frederick Douglass: Freedom's Voice, 1818-1845 Gregory P. Lampe Angelina Grimke: Rhetoric, Identity, and the Radical Imagination Stephen Howard Browne Strategic Deception: Rhetoric, Science, and Politics in Missile Defense Advocacy Gordon R. Mitchell Rostow, Kennedy, and the Rhetoric of Foreign Aid Kimber Charles Pearce Visions of Poverty Welfare Policy and Political Imagination ROBERT ASEN Michigan State University Press East Lansing Copyright © 2002 by Robert Asen 0 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper). Michigan State University Press East Lansing, Michigan 48823-5202 Printed and bound in the United States of America. 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Asen, Robert, 1968- Visions of poverty: welfare policy and political imagination / Robert Asen. p. cm.— (Rhetoric and public affairs series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87013-600-3 (Cloth : alk. paper)— ISBN 0-87013-606-2 (Paper: alk. paper) 1. Public welfare— United States. 2. Poverty— United States. 1. Title. 11. Series. HV95 .A848 2002 36i.6'5'o973— DC21 2001005115 Martin J. Medhurst, Series Editor, Texas A&M University EDITORIAL BOARD Denise M. Bostdorff, College ofWooster G. Thomas Goodnight, Northwestern University Robert Hariman, Drake University Marouf Aziz Hasian Jr., University of Utah David Henry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas }. Michael Hogan, Venn State University Robert L. Ivie, Indiana University Jay Mechling, University of California, Davis John M. Murphy, University of Georgia David Zarefsky, Northwestern University Barbie Zelizer, University of Pennsylvania Cover design by Heather Truelove Book design by Valerie Brewster, Scribe Typography Visit Michigan State University Press on the World Wide Web at: www.msupress.msu.edu To Rochelle, whose keen mind kind hearty y and generous spirit have been sources of inspiration. Contents 3 Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1 5 Imagining Others in Public Policy Debate CHAPTER 2 25 Cross-Purposes and Divided Populations: The Historical Contradictions of Poverty Discourse CHAPTER 3 67 Reducing Welfare CHAPTER 4 117 Reorienting Welfare CHAPTER 5 165 Repealing Welfare CHAPTER 6 225 Imagining an Inclusive Political Community 245 Notes 289 Bibliography 313 Index Visions of Poverty
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