{"product_id":"9780520404151","title":"The Welfare Assembly Line : Public Servants in the Suffering City","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite claims that we live in a \"post-welfare society,\" welfare offices remain vital not only for those who depend on them for benefits but also for those who depend on them for a paycheck. This book, a theory-driven case study of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, examines how welfare work has transformed to allow a department of just 14,000 to serve more than a third of the county.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Josh Seim argues that frontline workers at this agency—who are mostly Black and Brown women—have become increasingly proletarianized. Their work is defined less by their discretion and more by a lack of control over the productive process. This is enabled by a \"welfare assembly line,\" where a high division of labor and heavy use of machinery resemble production regimes in factories and fast-food restaurants. With implications beyond the welfare office, The Welfare Assembly Line is a crucial addition to the broader national conversation about work, social policy, and poverty governance.\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45408766918735,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":3325.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/ja\/products\/9780520404151","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}