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Chen Victor Tan <1976-> |
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Cut loose : jobless and hopeless in an unfair economy / / Victor Tan Chen |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (339 p.) |
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Unemployed - United States |
Unemployed - Canada |
Automobile industry workers - United States |
Automobile industry workers - Canada |
United States Economic conditions |
Canada Economic conditions |
United States Social conditions |
Canada Social conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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