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Drawing on surveys of public attitudes and analyses of more than 40 years of television and news-magazine stories on poverty, this book demonstrates how public opposition to welfare is fed by a potent combination of racial stereotypes and misinformation about the true nature of America's poor.

Why Americans Hate Welfare

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    A Paperback by Martin Gilens

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      Publisher University of Chicago Press
      Published 1 October 2000
      ISBN-13 9780226293653
      978-0226293653
      ISBN-10 0226293653
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      Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Poverty and precarity Welfare and benefit systems

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Drawing on surveys of public attitudes and analyses of more than 40 years of television and news-magazine stories on poverty, this book demonstrates how public opposition to welfare is fed by a potent combination of racial stereotypes and misinformation about the true nature of America's poor.

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