Josh Seim: The Welfare Assembly Line, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Welfare Assembly Line
- Public Servants in the Suffering City
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- Verlag:
- University of California Press, 03/2026
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780520404168
- Artikelnummer:
- 12456897
- Umfang:
- 298 Seiten
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 10.3.2026
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Despite claims that we live in a "post-welfare society," welfare offices remain vital not only for those who depend on them for benefits but also for those who depend on them for a paycheck. This book, a theory-driven case study of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, examines how welfare work has transformed to allow a department of just 14, 000 to serve over a third of the county.
Josh Seim argues that frontline workers at this agency--who are mostly Black and Brown women--have become increasingly proletarianized. Their work is defined less by their discretion and more by a lack of control over the productive process. This is enabled by a "welfare assembly line," where high divisions of labor and heavy uses of machinery resemble production regimes in factories and fast-food restaurants. With implications beyond the welfare office, The Welfare Assembly Line is a crucial addition to the broader national conversation about work, social policy, and poverty governance.
