Criminalizing race, criminalizing poverty: welfare fraud enforcement in canada
Auteur :
Mirchandani, Kiran / Chan, Wendy
Éditeur :
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
ISBN :
9781552662502
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2007
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,5 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
142 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Canada
The criminalization and penalization of poverty through increased surveillance and control of welfare recipients has led many poverty advocates to claim that "a war against the poor" is in progress. This book argues that people of colour are most often the casualties in the governments' desire to roll back the welfare state.