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Welfare Stigma

Welfare Stigma is a sociocultural construct that refers to the negative social labeling and moral disapproval experienced by individuals, particularly Black mothers, who are perceived as dependent on urban welfare systems, thereby marking them as deviant or less worthy within dominant societal narratives.

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2017–2026

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75

Why Americans hate welfare: race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 1.2K citations

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An Economic Model of Welfare Stigma

Robert Moffitt · American Economic Review · 1983 · 1.1K citations

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Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media, and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy

Phillip L. Gianos · Political Science Quarterly · 1999 · 384 citations

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Pathologizing poverty: New forms of diagnosis, disability, and structural stigma under welfare reform

Helena Hansen, Philippe Bourgois, Ernest Drucker · Social Science & Medicine · 2014 · 291 citations · Full text

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Understanding welfare stigma: Taxpayer resentment and statistical discrimination

Timothy Besley, Stephen Coate · Journal of Public Economics · 1992 · 248 citations · Full text

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Authors

131

  1. TP
    Timothy P. Schofield

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    4 publications · 93 citations

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  2. PB
    Peter Butterworth

    Australian National University, Australia

    4 publications · 93 citations

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  3. PL
    Patricia Lee Austin

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 85 citations

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  4. PM
    Patrick M. Horan

    University of Georgia, United States

    2 publications · 85 citations

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  5. MG
    Martin Gilens

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 423 citations

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Institutions

84

  1. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    175 citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    627 citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    156 citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    76 citations

  5. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    142 citations

  6. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  7. University College Cork

    Cork, Ireland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    74 citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    249 citations

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Venues

  1. Social Policy and Society

    3 publications · 53 citations

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  2. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

    3 publications · 171 citations

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  3. Social Science & Medicine

    2 publications · 340 citations

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  4. Social Problems

    2 publications · 85 citations

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  5. The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

    JSSW · 2 publications · 47 citations

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