03096nam 2200793 a 450 991082507700332120230721004254.097866117937461-281-79374-40-87586-602-6(CKB)1000000000691268(EBL)362227(OCoLC)437224758(SSID)ssj0000363225(PQKBManifestationID)12152571(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363225(PQKBWorkID)10387610(PQKB)10364950(SSID)ssj0000203325(PQKBManifestationID)12066272(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203325(PQKBWorkID)10258128(PQKB)10747547(MiAaPQ)EBC3001700(MiAaPQ)EBC362227(Au-PeEL)EBL3001700(CaPaEBR)ebr10476726(CaONFJC)MIL179374(OCoLC)929146428(Au-PeEL)EBL362227(EXLCZ)99100000000069126820071120d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMinimum wage policy in Great Britain and the United States /Jerold Waltman1st ed.New York Algora Pub.c20081 online resource (246 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-601-8 0-87586-600-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The political economy of the minimum wage -- Origins -- Decay, death, and rebirth -- The national minimum wage in operation -- State and local minimum wage policies -- The living wage campaign.Analyzing wage policies and the political ideas that underlie them, including the irony of an Iraq funding bill leading to a minimum wage increase, this book compares not only Federal but State minimum wage policies and those of Britain as well. Going beyond the debate on public expenditure programs, the author examines the future of the ""welfare state"" - not from a perspective of entitlement but of citizenship in a public polity.Minimum wageUnited StatesMinimum wageLaw and legislationUnited StatesMinimum wageGovernment policyUnited StatesMinimum wageGreat BritainMinimum wageLaw and legislationGreat BritainMinimum wageGovernment policyGreat BritainMinimum wageMinimum wageLaw and legislationMinimum wageGovernment policyMinimum wageMinimum wageLaw and legislationMinimum wageGovernment policy331.2/30941331.230941Waltman Jerold L.1945-1672733MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825077003321Minimum wage policy in Great Britain and the United States4037667UNINA