Reconstructing Citizenship in a Global Economy
How Restricting Immigrants from Welfare Undermines Social Rights for U.S. Citizens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11344346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rupaleem Bhuyan (0000-0002-0764-2634, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-5096 • E-ISSN: 0191-5096 |
| Publisher | WMU Department of Occupational Therapy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15453/0191-5096.3514 |
| OpenAlex | W2903020114 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 31 |
Scrutiny of immigrants' use of public benefits is a reoccurring theme in U.S. politics. Yet while the tough stance on immigrants taps into popular anti-immigrant sentiment, the consequences of such scrutiny are shared by all welfare recipients. Drawing upon interpretive policy frames, I examine how new requirements to verify citizenship and identity for Medicaid directly impacts social entitlements for both citizen and non-citizen populations. Analysis of state reports and policy studies of citizenship verification requirements for Medicaid illustrate that verification costs may exceed the costs of fraudulent misuse by unqualified immigrants. I argue that devolutionary shifts in welfare and immigration policy from federal to state governments further constrains who can benefit from the full range of rights and entitlements associated with citizenship in the United States
Citizenship · Health care · Immigration · Immigration policy · Medicaid · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scrutiny · Social rights · Social Welfare · Sociology · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
The price of citizenship
Regulating the poor
Citizenship and Social Class
Street-Level Bureaucracy
Discipline and Punish
Citizenship and Social Class
Immigration Reform and Nativism
Globalization and the Welfare State
Transnational America
Regulating the Lives of Women
Immigrants at the Margins
Michel Foucault
The rise and fall (and rise?) of non-citizen voting
Social Citizenship and Workfare in the US and Western Europe
The Ideological Organization of Representational Processes in the Presentation of us and them
Welfare Reform in the United States
Welfare Reform and Immigrant Participation in Welfare Programs
Globalization and the welfare state
Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States
Globalization and Social Work
Social Justice and the Global Economy
"Welfare Reform and "Ineligibles
Devolution, Discretion, and the Effect of Local Political Values on Tanf Sanctioning
State Responses to the Family Formation Goals of Welfare
Dimensions of Federalism in Medicaid Reform
Poverty, Welfare, and the Affirmative State
Rethinking Federalism
Immigrant Rights Are Human Rights
Gender, Race, and the Distribution of Social Assistance
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |