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The living wage movement is considered by many to be the most interesting grassroots enterprise to emerge since the civil rights movement. Ten years after the first ordinance was passed in Baltimore, there are more than one hundred living wage ordinances on the books across the United States, and th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luce, Stephanie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Living wage movement > United States.
Minimum wage > United States.
Wages > Law and legislation > United States.
Cost and standard of living > United States.
Income > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Family policy > United States.
Mouvement pour un salaire décent > États-Unis.
Salaires minimums > États-Unis.
Salaires > Droit > États-Unis.
Coût et niveau de la vie > États-Unis.
Revenu > États-Unis.
Pauvreté > États-Unis.
Politique familiale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Cost and standard of living
Family policy
Income
Living wage movement
Minimum wage
Poverty
Wages > Law and legislation
Sozialpolitik
Einkommen
Mindestlohn
Lebensstandard
Minimumlonen.
Bestaansminimum.
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The politics of implementation
  • Setting the stage: the political and economic context
  • Overview of the movement
  • A closer look at living wage campaigns
  • Living wage outcomes
  • Implementation: what happens after laws are passed?
  • Fighting from the outside
  • Coalitions playing a formal role
  • Factors needed for successful implementation: inside and outside strategies
  • Other outcomes beyond implementation
  • The future of the living wage movement and lessons for policy implementation.

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