CRIMINALIZING RACE, CRIMINALIZING POVERTY by Wendy Chan, Kiran Mirchandani ( 9781552662502 )

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CRIMINALIZING RACE, CRIMINALIZING POVERTY
WELFARE FRAUD ENFORCEMENT IN CANADA

By:

Wendy Chan, Kiran Mirchandani

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Paperback

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1552662500

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9781552662502

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Publisher:

FERNWOOD PUBLISHING CO LTD

Pub. date:

1 August, 2008

Pages:

128

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

The criminalization and penalization of poverty through increased surveillance and control of welfare recipients in recent years has led many poverty advocates to claim that "a war against the poor" is currently in progress. The authors argue that people of colour are most often the casualties in the governments' desire to roll back the welfare state. Relying on myths and stereotypes about racial difference, the enforcement and policing of welfare fraud policies constructs people of colour as potential "cheaters" and "abusers" of the system. This has allowed for the stigmatizing and discriminatory treatment of people of colour to persist unchallenged within the welfare system.

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Canada

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Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd

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