Lexington Books
Pages: 188
Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-7936-5518-9 • Hardback • February 2022 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
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Laura Blount Carper is instructor at Louisiana Tech University.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: My Experiences with SNAP
Chapter 2: Factors Influencing SNAP Enrollment
Chapter 3: Bringing Everything Together: Theory Application
Chapter 4: Summary of Study Findings
Chapter 5: General Views of SNAP Themes
Chapter 6: Stigma and SNAP Enrollment
Chapter 7: Disclosing SNAP Enrollment Concerns
Chapter 8: Social Support from Family and Friends and SNAP Enrollment
Chapter 9: Factors that Influence Enrollment and Implications from Findings
Bibliography
Appendix
About the Author
In the United States, being poor is stigmatized. Even more highly stigmatized is taking advantage of programs that were designed to help reduce the consequences of living in poverty. Dr. Carper’s research will be beneficial to service providers and policy makers as they consider how best to encourage those who qualify for such assistance to take advantage of these programs.
— Loretta L. Pecchioni, Louisiana State University
"Dr. Carper details an informative account of the competing roles of social support and stigma for people utilizing government assistance programs, which demonstrates the important practical role of support in people’s lives. The content of the book is bolstered by both a breadth of theories from sociology and communication studies and a multitude of methodological vantage points, and it is informed by the author’s personal experiences. The participants’ narratives are moving and entail implications for how people can, and likely should, support one another at interpersonal, social, and cultural levels."
— Andrew High, The Pennsylvania State University