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Book SynopsisAn in-depth exploration of welfare fraud in America, focusing on both victims of complex public policy and those who manipulate the systemTrade ReviewThe 1990s ushered in an era of neoliberal changes in the US in public policies aimed at the poor. Key to these modifications was a shift in ideological thought that mandated personal responsibility for all. Poverty researchers have always paid attention to the hegemonic discourses that shaped public policy, ranging from regulating the behaviors of the poor, to determining which poor are worthy of assistance, to punishing the poor (e.g., Loïc Waquant, Punishing the Poor, 2009; Michael Katz, The Undeserving Poor, 1989). Gustafson (law, Connecticut) continues this tradition by focusing on how US welfare policy has increasingly become criminalized despite the polyvocality of welfare recipients. She examines the similarities and differences of 34 female and male respondents concerning their knowledge, perspectives, and experiences of the rules and sanctions governing welfare. The author begins by offering a comprehensive overview of US poverty embedded within a criminalization of poverty,and draws upon rational choice theory to conceptually frame her arguments. She adeptly demonstrates the need for a new paradigm that embodies the words of the Founding Fathers to "promote the general Welfare" of all US citizens. Students and researchers alike will benefit from her multidisciplinary approach. Summing Up:Recommended.Most levels/libraries. * Choice *Cheating Welfare is simultaneously compassionate and scholarly. Gustafson provides a rare insider perspective on how citizens understand and use welfare. The stories that she relates are a testament to the resilience and strength of people caring for others as best they can in the face of great adversity. Her discussion of necessary, sometimes inadvertent, non-compliance as a form of resistance brings a more complex understanding to theories of rule abidance. This compelling book is a must-read for students, policymakers, and scholars who wish to have informed opinions based on how policies actually shape the behavior of and outcomes for low-income citizens in the context of their complex lived reality. -- Corey Shdaimah,author of Negotiating JusticeThe book is a readable account of welfare mothers (and a few fathers), emphasizing how these people understand and often violate the rules they are supposed to follow. It would be useful in a course on welfare or perhaps as supplementary reading in a course on poverty. -- C. Emory Burton * Contemporary Sociology *Three categories of welfare recipients emerged from these interviews, the Informed, the Misinformed, and the Preoccupied/Disengaged. Gustafson's main contribution to our understanding of welfare is to show how these categories differ from our assumptions regarding recipients. Through liberal use of interviewee quotes, matched with relevant background on their lives, Gustafson proves that the welfare recipients differ in significant ways from each other and also from the monolithic stereotype. In doing so, Gustafson shows that by listening to the voices of the poor we can better understand the shortfalls of policies designed to help the poor. -- Ezra Rosser * Yale Human Rights & Development *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Reconstructing Social Ills: From the Perils of Poverty to Welfare Dependency 3 The Criminalization of Poverty 4 A Glimpse at the Interviewees 5 Living within and without the Rules 6 Engaging with Rules and Negotiating Compliance 7 Contextualizing Criminality, Noncompliance, and Resistance 8 Cheating Ourselves Appendix A: Critical Methodology Appendix B: Interview Schedule Works Cited Index About the Author

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New York University Press Cheating Welfare Public Assistance and the

Book SynopsisChallenges assumptions about welfare policies, welfare recipients, and crime controlTrade Review"The 1990s ushered in an era of neoliberal changes in the US in public policies aimed at the poor. Key to these modifications was a shift in ideological thought that mandated personal responsibility for all. Poverty researchers have always paid attention to the hegemonic discourses that shaped public policy, ranging from regulating the behaviors of the poor, to determining which poor are worthy of assistance, to punishing the poor (e.g., Loïc Waquant, Punishing the Poor, 2009; Michael Katz, The Undeserving Poor, 1989). Gustafson (law, Connecticut) continues this tradition by focusing on how US welfare policy has increasingly become criminalized despite the polyvocality of welfare recipients. She examines the similarities and differences of 34 female and male respondents concerning their knowledge, perspectives, and experiences of the rules and sanctions governing welfare. The author begins by offering a comprehensive overview of US poverty embedded within a criminalization of poverty,and draws upon rational choice theory to conceptually frame her arguments. She adeptly demonstrates the need for a new paradigm that embodies the words of the Founding Fathers to "promote the general Welfare" of all US citizens. Students and researchers alike will benefit from her multidisciplinary approach. Summing Up:Recommended.Most levels/libraries." * Choice *"Cheating Welfare is simultaneously compassionate and scholarly. Gustafson provides a rare insider perspective on how citizens understand and use welfare. The stories that she relates are a testament to the resilience and strength of people caring for others as best they can in the face of great adversity. Her discussion of necessary, sometimes inadvertent, non-compliance as a form of resistance brings a more complex understanding to theories of rule abidance. This compelling book is a must-read for students, policymakers, and scholars who wish to have informed opinions based on how policies actually shape the behavior of and outcomes for low-income citizens in the context of their complex lived reality." -- Corey Shdaimah,author of Negotiating Justice"The book is a readable account of welfare mothers (and a few fathers), emphasizing how these people understand and often violate the rules they are supposed to follow. It would be useful in a course on welfare or perhaps as supplementary reading in a course on poverty." -- C. Emory Burton * Contemporary Sociology *"Three categories of welfare recipients emerged from these interviews, the Informed, the Misinformed, and the Preoccupied/Disengaged. Gustafson's main contribution to our understanding of welfare is to show how these categories differ from our assumptions regarding recipients. Through liberal use of interviewee quotes, matched with relevant background on their lives, Gustafson proves that the welfare recipients differ in significant ways from each other and also from the monolithic stereotype. In doing so, Gustafson shows that by listening to the voices of the poor we can better understand the shortfalls of policies designed to help the poor." -- Ezra Rosser * Yale Human Rights & Development *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Reconstructing Social Ills: From the Perils of Poverty to Welfare Dependency 3 The Criminalization of Poverty 4 A Glimpse at the Interviewees 5 Living within and without the Rules 6 Engaging with Rules and Negotiating Compliance 7 Contextualizing Criminality, Noncompliance, and Resistance 8 Cheating Ourselves Appendix A: Critical Methodology Appendix B: Interview Schedule Works Cited Index About the Author

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University of Toronto Press Contemporary Problems of Public Law in Canada

Book SynopsisThis collection of essays covers a broad spectrum of Canadian problems in public law. The contributors have prepared the volume in honour of Dean Emeritus F.C. Cronkite of the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan. All former students of Professor Cronkite, they include some of the most eminent scholars and lawyers in the field. The Honourable W.R. Jackett has contributed an essay on the foundations of Canadian law in history and theory, E.A. Driedger writes on the Canadian Bill of Rights, E.A. Tollefson’s tpic is freedom of the Press, and B.L. Strayer’s essay is on Crown immunity and the power of judicial review. The remaining four essays are: a discussion of judicial review of proceedings of administrative tribunals, by the Honourable M.J. Woods, a discussion of the legislative power to create corporate bodies and public monopolies, by Dean Lederman, a discussion by D.G. Blair, of the dilemma posed by the questions of combines, and a suggestion for a solut

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De Gruyter Praxishandbuch Der Konzessionsverträge Und Der

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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Big Data und allgemein zugängliche Daten im

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Book SynopsisBernd Uwe Desoi beleuchtet die Risiken und Chancen des Einsatzes von Big-Data-Analysen vornehmlich durch die öffentliche Verwaltung. Schwerpunkt der Arbeit ist eine exemplarische rechtliche Betrachtung der Analyse allgemein zugänglicher Daten im Internet in Form von Microblogs, die über das Datenschutzgrundrecht der informationellen Selbstbestimmung hinausgeht. Basierend auf den grundrechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen erarbeitet der Autor technisch-organisatorische Gestaltungsvorschläge und normative Vorschläge, die einen rechtsgemäßen Einsatz eines konkreten Analysesystems aufzeigen. Table of ContentsTechnische und soziale Grundlagen.- Das Allgemeine Persönlichkeitsrecht und seine Ausprägungen.- Verfassungsrechtliche Zulässigkeit von Big-Data-Analysen.- Informationsrechte verarbeitender Stellen.- Normative und technische Gestaltung.

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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Das vernetzte Automobil: Im Konflikt zwischen

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Book SynopsisMit der zunehmenden Vernetzung des Automobils rückt der Schutz der Privatsphäre des Nutzers immer mehr in den Fokus. Neue Technologien werden gesellschaftlich nur dann akzeptiert, wenn sowohl Funktionalität als auch Privatsphäre gewährleistet werden. Nina Raith untersucht vor diesem Hintergrund, wer in welchen Fällen welche Art von Fahrzeugdaten für die Beweisführung vor einem Zivilgericht oder in einer außergerichtlichen privatrechtlichen Streitigkeit verwenden darf. Sie erarbeitet allgemeingültige Kriterien, die im Konfliktfall als Orientierung bei der Interessenabwägung dienen können. Die Untersuchung soll dazu beitragen, Klarheit darüber zu schaffen, wer mit Fahrzeugdaten Beweis erbringen kann und wie dabei die Rechte der Beteiligten gewahrt werden können.Table of ContentsDie Haftung bei vernetzten Automobilen.- Relevantes Datenschutzrecht.- Beweisführung mit und rechtliche Zuordnung von Fahrzeugdaten.- Ansprüche auf Fahrzeugdaten.- Interessenabwägung: Beweisführung und Datenschutz im Konflikt.

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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Grundrechtsschutz im Smart Car: Kommunikation,

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Book SynopsisDie Integration von Fahrzeugtechnik, Informationstechnik und Kommunikation verändert den Charakter des Automobils und des Autofahrens von Grund auf. Vom Sinnbild für Eigentum und Bewegungsfreiheit, Individualität und Privatheit wird es durch die Vernetzung zum Bestandteil eines komplexen Mobilitätssystems und potenziell zum Objekt ständiger Überwachung. Die Beiträge analysieren Herausforderungen, erörtern Lösungen und entwerfen Gestaltungsvorschläge für Technik, Recht und Organisation vernetzten Fahrens.Table of ContentsGrundrechtskonflikte im vernetzten Fahrzeug.- Vertragsgestaltungen und Verantwortungserfüllung.- Verfügungs- und Nutzungsbefugnisse.- Das Auto im Internet und das Internet im Auto.- Sicherheitsgewährleistung und Datenschutz.- Ausländische Erfahrungen und Konzepte.

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Springer Zur Legitimität der Familienstiftung

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Book SynopsisDie Arbeit untersucht die Legitimität der Familienstiftung als Instrument zur generationenübergreifenden Vermögensweitergabe. Legitimität wird dabei verstanden als über die reine formelle Legalität hinausgehende Übereinstimmung mit den Werten und Prinzipien der Gesellschaft, die zu einer Rechtfertigung und Akzeptanz des Instituts im bestehenden System führt. Es handelt sich um eine breitangelegte Untersuchung der Frage, ob es die Familienstiftung in ihrer aktuellen Form in unserer heutigen Rechts- und Gesellschaftsordnung geben darf. Dafür wird die Familienstiftung von ihren Anfängen bis zu ihrer heutigen Ausgestaltung beleuchten und dabei auf immer wiederkehrende Kritikpunkte eingegangen. Auf Basis dieser Untersuchung werden am Ende der Arbeit Reformvorschläge für eine zukünftige legitimere Ausgestaltung der Familienstiftung gemacht.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Begriff der Familienstiftung.- Rechtshistorischer Problemaufriss.- Legitimität der Familienstiftung in ihrer aktuellen rechtlichen Ausgestaltung.- Überlegungen de lege ferenda und Fazit.

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