Book contents
- Making Sense of Public Opinion
- Making Sense of Public Opinion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Transcription Conventions
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Overview
- Part II Immigration
- Part III Social Welfare Programs
- 9 Public Opinion About Social Welfare Programs
- 10 Discourses About Limitations of Government Programs
- 11 Discourses About Personal Responsibility and Benefits for the Deserving
- 12 Discourses About Caring for Self, Family, Community, and Nation
- 13 Discourses About Social Causes of Economic Insecurity
- Part IV Conclusion
- Appendix A North Carolina Interviewees
- Appendix B Methods of Data Collection
- Appendix C Mexican American Discourses and the Theory of Divergence
- References Cited
- Author Index
- Subject Index
13 - Discourses About Social Causes of Economic Insecurity
from Part III - Social Welfare Programs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2012
- Making Sense of Public Opinion
- Making Sense of Public Opinion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Transcription Conventions
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Overview
- Part II Immigration
- Part III Social Welfare Programs
- 9 Public Opinion About Social Welfare Programs
- 10 Discourses About Limitations of Government Programs
- 11 Discourses About Personal Responsibility and Benefits for the Deserving
- 12 Discourses About Caring for Self, Family, Community, and Nation
- 13 Discourses About Social Causes of Economic Insecurity
- Part IV Conclusion
- Appendix A North Carolina Interviewees
- Appendix B Methods of Data Collection
- Appendix C Mexican American Discourses and the Theory of Divergence
- References Cited
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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- Making Sense of Public OpinionAmerican Discourses about Immigration and Social Programs, pp. 308 - 334Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012