Pimping the System
How Economic, Social, and Cultural Capital Are Deployed in a Welfare Program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2365403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kerry Woodward (0000-0003-3292-7073, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-37 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0891241613483561 |
| OpenAlex | W2148402877 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 28 |
Based on my ethnographic research in Contra Costa County, California (CCC), I propose a new way of examining and comparing welfare-to-work programs. I argue that within the confines of welfare reform, the best programs-those with the greatest benefits for recipients-provide welfare-reliant women with significant economic, social, and cultural capital. In addition to making such capital available, these programs deploy the dominant and subjugated capital participants already possess in order to effectively transmit the dominant capital most likely to lead to success in the labor market. I argue that empowering programs, including CCC's, are successful in transmitting dominant capital to participants, while repressive ones focus on pushing women off the welfare rolls rather than preparing them for "self-sufficiency
Business · Capital (architecture · Cultural capital · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Geography · Labour economics · Market economy · Order (exchange · Social capital · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Welfare system · Work (physics · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |