Set to See Us Fail

Viola Castellano is Senior Research Associate at the Chair of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Bayreuth. Previously, she worked at the Department of Education of Bologna University and at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning. Her research interests revolve around ethnography of institutions, welfare and migration policies, borders externalization and global inequalities.

List of Abbreviations



Introduction



Chapter 1. Guilty of Being Poor: A Brief Itinerary in the Recent History of American Welfare

Chapter 2. What Does 'Racial Disproportionality' Mean and How Is Tackled: Genesis, Interpretations, and Practices

Chapter 3. Revolving Door: The Work of Child Welfare in Making Parents Chronically Unfit

Chapter 4. Contesting Child Welfare: Perceptions, Negotiations, and Counter-Narratives

Chapter 5. The Moral Economies of Community Participation: New Forms of Governance and Representative Ambiguities



Conclusions



References

Index