Author : John Gilliom
Release : 2001-12
Genre : Law
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 610/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Overseers of the Poor by : John Gilliom
Download or read book Overseers of the Poor written by John Gilliom. This book was released on 2001-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the views and experiences of low-income American mothers who live everyday with the advanced surveillance capacity of the modern welfare state. In their pursuit of food, health care, and shelter for their families, they are watched, analyzed, assessed, monitored, checked, and reevaluated in an ongoing process involving supercomputers, caseworkers, fraud control agents, grocers, and neighbors. They know surveillance. [preface].