03566nam 2200709 a 450 991082761810332120200520144314.01-281-95732-10-226-45367-7978661195732210.7208/9780226453675(CKB)1000000000579586(EBL)408284(OCoLC)476228415(SSID)ssj0000158095(PQKBManifestationID)11163998(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158095(PQKBWorkID)10160005(PQKB)10692912(MiAaPQ)EBC408284(DE-B1597)524223(OCoLC)1058120028(DE-B1597)9780226453675(Au-PeEL)EBL408284(CaPaEBR)ebr10266078(CaONFJC)MIL195732(EXLCZ)99100000000057958620070412d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFree labor workfare and the contested language of neoliberalism /John Krinsky1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (356 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-45366-9 0-226-45365-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-310) and index.Free labor? -- The workfare contract in the workfare state -- The formation of a protest field -- In the trenches -- Mapping passages through the trenches -- Claims, cognitions, and contradictions -- The contested language of neoliberalism.One of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's proudest accomplishments is his expansion of the Work Experience Program, which uses welfare recipients to do routine work once done by unionized city workers. The fact that WEP workers are denied the legal status of employees and make far less money and enjoy fewer rights than do city workers has sparked fierce opposition. For antipoverty activists, legal advocates, unions, and other critics of the program this double standard begs a troubling question: are workfare participants workers or welfare recipients? At times the fight over workfare unfolded as an argument over who had the authority to define these terms, and in Free Labor, John Krinsky focuses on changes in the language and organization of the political coalitions on either side of the debate. Krinsky's broadly interdisciplinary analysis draws from interviews, official documents, and media reports to pursue new directions in the study of the cultural and cognitive aspects of political activism. Free Labor will instigate a lively dialogue among students of culture, labor and social movements, welfare policy, and urban political economy. Welfare recipientsEmploymentNew York (State)New YorkWelfare rights movementNew York (State)New YorkEmployee rightsNew York (State)New YorkNeoliberalismNew York (N.Y.)Social policyNew York (N.Y.)Politics and government1951-Welfare recipientsEmploymentWelfare rights movementEmployee rightsNeoliberalism.362.5/84097471Krinsky John1597389MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827618103321Free labor3919136UNINA