Welfare, the Working Poor, and Labor:
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1. Verfasser: Simmons, Louise B. 1949- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2015
Schlagworte:
Beschreibung: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 MarketsIII. 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
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
Beschreibung:193 pages
ISBN:9781317452324
1317452321

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