1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464093403321

Autore

Chen Victor Tan <1976->

Titolo

Cut loose : jobless and hopeless in an unfair economy / / Victor Tan Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-520-28301-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Disciplina

331.13/70973

Soggetti

Unemployed - United States

Unemployed - Canada

Automobile industry workers - United States

Automobile industry workers - Canada

Electronic books.

United States Economic conditions

Canada Economic conditions

United States Social conditions

Canada Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1. They Had It Coming -- CHAPTER 2. All This Garbage from Life: Education and the Capital Speedup -- CHAPTER 3. Decline and Fall: Hardship, Race, and the Social Safety Net -- CHAPTER 4. Half a Man: Fragile Families and the Unmarriageable Unemployed -- CHAPTER 5. Vicious Circles: The Structure of Power and the Culture of Judgment -- CHAPTER 6. Loser: The Failures of the American Dream -- CHAPTER 7. There Go I -- Appendix: Research Methods and Policy Details -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Years after the Great Recession, the economy is still weak, and an unprecedented number of workers have sunk into long spells of unemployment. Cut Loose provides a vivid and moving account of the experiences of some of these men and women, through the example of



a historically important group: autoworkers. Their well-paid jobs on the assembly lines built a strong middle class in the decades after World War II. But today, they find themselves beleaguered in a changed economy of greater inequality and risk, one that favors the well-educated-or well-connected. Their declining fortunes in recent decades tell us something about what the white-collar workforce should expect to see in the years ahead, as job-killing technologies and the shipping of work overseas take away even more good jobs.  Cut Loose offers a poignant look at how the long-term unemployed struggle in today's unfair economy to support their families, rebuild their lives, and overcome the shame and self-blame they deal with on a daily basis. It is also a call to action-a blueprint for a new kind of politics, one that offers a measure of grace in a society of ruthless advancement.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910671237103321

Autore

Spina Encarnacin̤ la

Titolo

Familias transnacionales, sociedades multiculturales e integración : Españą, Italia y Portugal en perspectiva comparada [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

, Espaą, : Dykinson, 20100101

Dykinson

ISBN

84-15-45489-9

84-15454-89-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (572 p.)

Collana

Colección Derechos Humanos y Filosofía del Derecho

Disciplina

340

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Sociology / General

Political Science

Law, Politics & Government

Immigration & Emigration

Law - Non-U.S

Law - Europe, except U.K

Libros electrónicos.

European Union countries Emigration and immigration

Spain Emigration and immigration

Italy Emigration and immigration

Portugal Emigration and immigration



Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715084703321

Titolo

The supplemental poverty measure .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, , 2014-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (volumes) : illustrations, map

Collana

Current population reports

Disciplina

352.73

Soggetti

Poverty - Research - United States

Poverty - United States - Statistics

Economic assistance, Domestic - United States

Economic assistance, Domestic

Poverty - Research

Poverty - Statistics

Periodicals.

Statistics.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

"Report describing the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) released by the U.S. Census Bureau, with support from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The SPM extends the official poverty measure by taking account of many of the government programs designed to assist low-income families and individuals that are not included in the current official poverty measure"--Introduction.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.