Welfare, the working poor, and labor / / edited by Louise Simmons
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| Titolo: |
Welfare, the working poor, and labor / / edited by Louise Simmons
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Working poor - United States |
| Working poor - Government policy - United States | |
| Labor policy - United States | |
| Public welfare - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
SimmonsLouise B. <1949->
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| Note generali: | First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Tables and Figures ""; ""Sources and Credits ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""I. Working Poor and the Contours of Welfare Reform "" |
| ""1. Discipline and Seduction: The Campaign to Regulate American Workers """"2. The Mirage of Welfare Reform ""; ""3. The Long Economic Downturn of the New Century ""; ""II. Workers and Workforce Issues ""; ""4. A Report from the Front Lines of Welfare Reform "" | |
| ""5. Privatization, Labor-Management Relations, and Working Conditions for Lower-Skilled Employees """"6. The Workforce Investment Act and the Labor Movement ""; ""7. Revolving Doors: Temp Agencies as Accelerators of Churning in Low-Wage Labor Markets "" | |
| ""III. Labor and the Struggles over Social Welfare and Work """"8. Evaluating the Living-Wage Strategy: Prospects, Problems, and Possibilities ""; ""9. Labor-Welfare Linkages and the Imperative of Organizing Low-Wage Women Workers ""; ""10. Urban Poverty, Social Welfare, and Human Rights "" | |
| ""About the Editor and Contributors """"Index "" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume analyses poverty and welfare reform within a context of low-wage work and the contours of the labour market that welfare recipients are entering. It aims to bring labour into the discussion of welfare reform and creates a bridge between the domains of labour and welfare. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Welfare, the working poor, and labor |
| ISBN: | 1-315-69826-9 |
| 1-317-45232-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910955641603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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