Application of Conflict Theory to Welfare Policy

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dc.contributor.authorGezinski, Lindsay
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-28T15:05:13Z
dc.date.available2019-10-28T15:05:13Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractConflict theory represents a useful perspective in the conceptualization of welfare policy. Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward (1971) theorized that government distributes financial assistance (e.g., welfare) in response to conflict (e.g., rioting by the poor masses). Thus, welfare is a mechanism of control used in an effort to squelch rebellious poor people’s movements. The goal of this paper is to analyze the validity of Piven and Cloward’s thesis through a review of empirical literature that supports and challenges this thesis. Conflict theory will be utilized in a discussion of how it may inform further research in the field of welfare policy.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/5059
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Houston Graduate College of Social Worken_US
dc.subjectWelfare Policyen_US
dc.subjectConflict Theoryen_US
dc.subjectPerspectives on Social Worken_US
dc.subjectLindsay Gezinskien_US
dc.subjectWelfare policy
dc.subjectConflict theory
dc.subjectPerspectives on Social Work
dc.subjectSocial work
dc.titleApplication of Conflict Theory to Welfare Policyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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