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Deserving and Entitled: Social Constructions and Public Policy (Suny Series in Public Policy) Helen M. Ingram
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Deserving and Entitled: Social Constructions and Public Policy (Suny Series in Public Policy)
Helen M. Ingram
Public policy in the United States is marked by a contradiction between the American ideal of equality and the reality of an underclass of marginalized and disadvantaged people who are widely viewed as undeserving and incapable. Deserving and Entitled provides a close inspection of many different policy arenas, showing how the use of power and the manipulation of images have made it appear both natural and appropriate that some target populations benefit from policy, while others do not. These social constructions of deservedness and entitlement, unless challenged, become amplified over time and institutionalized into permanent lines of social, economic, and political cleavage. The contributors here express concern that too often public policy sends messages harmful to democracy and contributes significantly to the pattern of uneven political participation in the United States.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 6, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780791463413 |
| Publishers | State University of New York Press |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 210 × 30 mm · 635 g |
| Language | English |
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