Withorn A
College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1996 Oct;66(4):496-509. doi: 10.1037/h0080200.
Acceptance of the need for government-sponsored welfare programs has declined radically in the past 15 years. The history of welfare initiatives is traced, from their inception as a buffer to inherent inequities of a capitalist economy to their recent demonizing as corruptive influences on recipients of benefits. The political shifts that have permitted this change, along with its effects on the lives of poor people, particularly women, are discussed.
在过去15年里，对政府资助福利项目必要性的接受程度已大幅下降。本文追溯了福利举措的历史，从其作为资本主义经济固有不平等的缓冲机制诞生，到近期被妖魔化为对福利领取者的腐蚀性影响。文中讨论了促成这一变化的政治转变，以及它对穷人，尤其是妇女生活的影响。
