Race, rat bites and unfit mothers

This article exposes and critiques the media images of poor women and children that drive legislative debate in social assistance, or welfare public policy issues in the United States. It explores the impact of media images on law-making by focusing on three statutory time periods: 1935, when the Ai...

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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001198