Jobs aren't enough [[electronic resource] ] : toward a new economic mobility for low-income families / / Roberta Rehner Iversen, Annie Laurie Armstrong
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Iversen Roberta Rehner
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| Titolo: |
Jobs aren't enough [[electronic resource] ] : toward a new economic mobility for low-income families / / Roberta Rehner Iversen, Annie Laurie Armstrong
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.5/130973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Working class - United States |
| Poor families - United States | |
| City dwellers - United States | |
| Social mobility - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Social policy 1993- |
| Altri autori: |
ArmstrongAnnie Laurie <1950->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Are jobs enough for economic mobility? -- From the old to the new economic mobility -- The parents: their backgrounds, lives and locations -- The children: their lives and worlds -- Workforce development: systems and networks -- Yesterday's firms and today's families: connects and disconnects with Michele Belliveau -- Children's schools, parents' work and policy: alignment and misalignment -- Jobs aren't enough: toward an agenda for family economic mobility. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This unflinching examination of the obstacles to economic mobility for low-income families exposes the ugly reality that lies beneath the shining surface of the American Dream. The fact is that nearly 25% of employed adults have difficulty supporting their families today. In eye-opening interviews, twenty-five workers and nearly a thousand people who are linked to them-children, teachers, job trainers, and employers-tell wrenching stories about ""trying to get ahead."" Spanning five cities over five years, this study convincingly demonstrates that prevailing ideas about opportunity, merit |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Jobs aren't enough |
| ISBN: | 1-281-09404-8 |
| 9786611094041 | |
| 1-59213-357-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784275503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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