Concept information
Preferred term
bootstrap theory
Definition
- Bootstrap theory refers to social practices and laws dedicated to helping people help themselves; these practices range from the Puerto Rican industrialization project titled “Operation Bootstrap” in the mid-20th century to U.S. ideology and social policy in the post-welfare reform state. Bootstrap theory was first intimated in an official policy called Operation Bootstrap (Operation Manos a la Obra), an ambitious project to industrialize Puerto Rico in 1948. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Bootstrap Theory]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/bootstrap_theory
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