Why Americans Hate Welfare
Race, Media, and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy
Book • 1999
This book by Martin Gilens explores the complex mixture of cynicism and compassion in public views on welfare, revealing how racial stereotypes, rather than white self-interest or anti-statism, are at the root of opposition to welfare programs.
Gilens examines how the mainstream media have contributed to the racialization of poverty and the misinformed public discourse on welfare.
The book is divided into chapters that assess alternative explanations, statistical models of welfare attitudes, media distortions, and the politics of the American welfare state.
Gilens examines how the mainstream media have contributed to the racialization of poverty and the misinformed public discourse on welfare.
The book is divided into chapters that assess alternative explanations, statistical models of welfare attitudes, media distortions, and the politics of the American welfare state.
