The location of resistance: Understanding tactics of resistance in the welfare office

Abstract

The analysis presented here is based upon interviews conducted with 34 women in Maryland in 1997, one year after the passage of the PRA of 1996, or welfare reform. To locate participants, I distributed fliers to educational and community centers asking for single women raising children and receiving aid who would be willing to share their experiences with welfare. I offered to compensate participants $15 for their time in participating in the interviews. After several initial interviewees were chosen from these sites, other respondents were located using an informal snowball sample.

Citation

McCormack, K. (2008), "The location of resistance: Understanding tactics of resistance in the welfare office", Sarat, A. (Ed.) Studies in Law, Politics and Society (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Vol. 46), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 149-167. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-4337(2009)0000046006