The Shaming State : : How the U.S. Treats Citizens in Need /

The Shaming State : : How the U.S. Treats Citizens in Need / / Sara Salman.

A riveting indictment of a government that fails to help citizens in need of aid, protection, andhumanityThe Shaming State argues that Americans have been abandoned by a government that has relinquished its duties of care toward its citizens. Sara Salman describes a government that withholds care in...

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Salman, Sara,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Vulnerability and Care in a Shaming State
  • Part I Social Rights and Shame in Resettlement Assistance Programs
  • 1 Iraqi Resettled Refugees in Michigan: Rights and Burdens Upon Arrival
  • 2 Becoming Good Americans: Seeking Work in a Land without Jobs
  • Part II Social Rights and Shame in Post-Disaster Relief Programs
  • 3 New Yorkers in the Path of a Hurricane: The Duty of Care and Invisible Vulnerabilities
  • 4 Rebuilding after the Hurricane: Preventing Fraud, Abandoning Citizens
  • Part III Unraveling Rights, Intensifying Vulnerabilities
  • 5 A State between Care and Shame: The Structural Undoing of Social Rights
  • 6 Together, Alone: Fractured Selves in Late Modern America
  • Conclusion: Finding a Way Out of the Shaming State
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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