01902nam a22001697a 4500999001900000008004100019100002600060245010500086260003000191300003200221520120700253650010601460773003001566906002201596942000701618952010701625  c517089d517089210630b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRoelen, Keetie926098  aReceiving Social Assistance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Negating Shame or Producing Stigma?  aJournal of Social Policy   a49(4), Oct, 2020: p.705-723  aDespite the centrality of shame and stigma within research on welfare in high-income countries, these issues only exist within the periphery of rapidly expanding practice in and research on social assistance in low- and middle-income countries. This oversight undermines social assistance’s potential in breaking the poverty-shame cycle and ignores its role in the (re)production of shame and stigma. This article offers a critical exploration of the role of social assistance in alleviating or reinforcing shame and stigma in low- and middle-income countries. Findings indicate that positive and negative effects co-exist but that far too little evidence is available to judge whether social assistance receipt overwhelmingly negates or plays into shame and stigma, particularly in low-income countries. Greater awareness of the interface between social assistance, shame and stigma, explorations of policy options that minimise or counter stigmatisation, and critical engagement with ideological and political discourse underpinning design and delivery of interventions represent crucial steps to move towards ‘shame proofing’ social assistance in low- and middle-income countries.- Reproduced   aSocial protection, Social assistance, Shame, Stigma, Welfare, low and middle-income countries 924362  aJournal of Social Policy   aSOCIAL PROTECTION  cAR  00102ddc40709391154aIIPAbIIPAd2021-06-30h49(4), Oct, 2020: p.705-723pAR124541r2021-06-30yAR