Low-income America and the Delegated State
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Studies of the “delegated state” highlight the growing role of nongovernmental organizations to fulfill public purposes. We argue that America’s delegated state has taken two distinct forms: a civic-public model prominent in the North and Midwest and a very different religious-private model more evident in the South and the West. Distinctive regional legacies rooted in European immigration, religion, race, and the timing of urban growth gave rise to diverse organizational configurations for assisting the poor in different parts of the country. As a consequence, the institutions for assisting the poor are weaker in the growing regions of the South and Mountain West.
Date:
12 March 2020, 16:15 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2020)
Venue:
32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House), 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER
Venue Details:
Violet Butler Room
Speaker:
Professor Margaret Weir (Brown University)
Organising department:
Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Organiser:
Professor Mary Daly (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
events@spi.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Austerity and Beyond? Oxford Institute of Social Policy Hilary Term seminar series
Booking required?:
Not required
Booking url:
https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/events
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Ruth Moore
