LEADER 03566nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910827618103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-95732-1 010 $a0-226-45367-7 010 $a9786611957322 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226453675 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579586 035 $a(EBL)408284 035 $a(OCoLC)476228415 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158095 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11163998 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158095 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10160005 035 $a(PQKB)10692912 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408284 035 $a(DE-B1597)524223 035 $a(OCoLC)1058120028 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226453675 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408284 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10266078 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195732 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579586 100 $a20070412d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFree labor $eworkfare and the contested language of neoliberalism /$fJohn Krinsky 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (356 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-45366-9 311 $a0-226-45365-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-310) and index. 327 $aFree 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. 330 $aOne 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. 606 $aWelfare recipients$xEmployment$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aWelfare rights movement$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aEmployee rights$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aNeoliberalism 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xSocial policy 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xPolitics and government$y1951- 615 0$aWelfare recipients$xEmployment 615 0$aWelfare rights movement 615 0$aEmployee rights 615 0$aNeoliberalism. 676 $a362.5/84097471 700 $aKrinsky$b John$01597389 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827618103321 996 $aFree labor$93919136 997 $aUNINA