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Grim fairy tales : the rhetorical construction of American welfare policy
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Grim fairy tales : the rhetorical construction of American welfare policy

Author: Lisa M Gring-Pemble
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Series: Praeger series in political communication
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lisa M Gring-Pemble
ISBN: 0275978702 9780275978709
OCLC Number: 52375052
Description: xiv, 239 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Welfare legislation is symbolic : an introduction -- American social welfare policy in context, 1600-1935 -- American social welfare policy in context, 1936-2003 -- "Are we going to now govern by anecdote?" : a portrait of the misfortunate, the feckless, the young, and the fathers -- Legislating a "normal classic family" : the rhetorical construction of families in American welfare policy -- In search of an exigence to warrant reform : public opinion, policy research, and anecdotal evidence -- American welfare policy and the ineluctable appeal of language : conclusion and implications.
Series Title: Praeger series in political communication
Responsibility: Lisa M. Gring-Pemble.

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