%0 Book %A Neubeck, Kenneth J. %E Cazenave, Noel A., 1948- %I Routledge %D 2001 %C New York %G English %@ 0415923409 %@ 9780415923408 %@ 0415923417 %@ 9780415923415 %T Welfare racism : playing the race card against America's poor %X Examines the role of racism in the early twentieth century through the New Deal. Explores the manipulation of racial stereotypes in 1960s battles over welfare in both the North and the South. Traces the racialized political backlash against welfare from the 1960s to the 1996 abolition of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Examines this "welfare to work" legislation in terms of its race-control functions.