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The "Vaguest Notion of Poverty" and the Blindness of Welfare State Histories.

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Title: The "Vaguest Notion of Poverty" and the Blindness of Welfare State Histories.
Authors: Pimpare, Stephen1 (AUTHOR) pimpare@yu.edu
Source: Journal of Poverty. 2008, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p372-381. 10p.
Subject Terms: *Blindness, Poverty, Welfare state, Public welfare policy, Social policy, Public welfare
Geographic Terms: United States
Abstract: ABSTRACT. Poverty and welfare policies have typically been crafted by people with little or no knowledge of the "practical strain of poverty," and it is rare when those affected by such policies have a part in their creation; they have, moreover, had little or no voice in the telling of the history of their own lives and experiences. Given this, this essay suggests that instead of asking, how has welfare policy changed over time and why? as we have typically done, we might be better served as scholars and as activists by asking, how has the experience of being poor and in need of assistance changed over time? By doing that-by allowing the objects of policy to evaluate it, by making room for them to describe their own expe- rience and then taking that "life knowledge" seriously, and by understand- ing this as expertise-a different story emerges, and a new kind of American welfare state history may be revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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