SOC346H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: 18 Months, Aid To Families With Dependent Children, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Last class - vive news boise, idaho: anti-camping laws homeless forced to move elsewhere. Blomley says sidewalks are meant for walking, not standing and socializing then walking then stopping then walking, etc: the urban poor are constructed as distinct from the public (they versus we) Legitimate vs. illegitimate citizens: homeless use public for illegitimate ways (camping, urinating, etc. , how space is designed (i. e. park benches, how we are supposed to use this public space, ex. Ttc customers, the train is 5 min late language used rather than citizens of. Live in ontario: need money right away to help pay for food and shelter, be willing to take part in activities that will help them find a job. Workfare programs: method: 18 months ethnographic fieldwork in an east coast city"s workfare program for. Afdc recipients: (cid:862)welfare-to-work programs are a coercive state effort to discipline welfare recipients and force them off of public assista(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:894)p. (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1011)(cid:895), dependency discourse, dependence and welfare assistance.
