Hi, Rob,
Would you consider Lynne Haney's "Homeboys, babies, men in suits: the state
and the reproduction of male dominance," (American sociological review, vol.
61, 1996)?
Best,
Bets
>===== Original Message From foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx =====
>A Question,
>
>I am doing some research into social welfare.
>
>It strikes me that I could be using Foucault a basis to study the social
>welfare payments system. .
>
>What I am having trouble with is the short run aspects of the
>governments implimentation of some very harsh social welfare criteria to
>receive payments. I was going to use Foucault to look at this in the
>context of governments short run political power games. That is the
>government is making it difficult for unemployed people to receive
>welfare payments unless they comply with very harsh rules. This a
>political winner (I think anyway and some of the literature seems to
>support this as well) as the public want to be assured that the
>authorities are just not handing out payments at the drop of a hat.
>
>My question is could you please direct me to any articles (even a
>section to a book) that looks at the notion of power and politics in
>this context. I know this is a bit of a short cut approach but I have
>taken 9 weeks annual to start this study and I have spent the last three
>days searching for materials on this topic with no luck.
>
>Look forward to a reply.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Rob
Would you consider Lynne Haney's "Homeboys, babies, men in suits: the state
and the reproduction of male dominance," (American sociological review, vol.
61, 1996)?
Best,
Bets
>===== Original Message From foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx =====
>A Question,
>
>I am doing some research into social welfare.
>
>It strikes me that I could be using Foucault a basis to study the social
>welfare payments system. .
>
>What I am having trouble with is the short run aspects of the
>governments implimentation of some very harsh social welfare criteria to
>receive payments. I was going to use Foucault to look at this in the
>context of governments short run political power games. That is the
>government is making it difficult for unemployed people to receive
>welfare payments unless they comply with very harsh rules. This a
>political winner (I think anyway and some of the literature seems to
>support this as well) as the public want to be assured that the
>authorities are just not handing out payments at the drop of a hat.
>
>My question is could you please direct me to any articles (even a
>section to a book) that looks at the notion of power and politics in
>this context. I know this is a bit of a short cut approach but I have
>taken 9 weeks annual to start this study and I have spent the last three
>days searching for materials on this topic with no luck.
>
>Look forward to a reply.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Rob