Some New Killing Trick: Welfare Reform and Drug Markets in a U.S. Urban Ghetto

Overwhelming evidence makes clear how concurrent social policies in regard to welfare reform and drugs were framed to exacerbate the legal vulnerability of those at greatest economic risk. Specifically, young black people whose economic survival effectively depends on activities judged criminal were...

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Main Author: Tourigny, Sylvie C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2001
In: Social justice
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 49-71
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Social Policy
Social Justice
Social History
Public Welfare
Attitude (Psychology)
Drug dealers
Welfare recipients
Human Behavior
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Summary:Overwhelming evidence makes clear how concurrent social policies in regard to welfare reform and drugs were framed to exacerbate the legal vulnerability of those at greatest economic risk. Specifically, young black people whose economic survival effectively depends on activities judged criminal were utilized as a wedge issue in the effort to repeal policies of redistributive justice. The growing irreconcilability between the realities of inner-city life and recent federal policies designed to further limit the availability of resources to the poor are discussed utilizing ethnographic data collected over a period of nearly five years.
ISSN:2327-641X