Laboring below the line : the new ethnography of poverty, low-wage work, and survival in the global economy /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Munger, Frank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2002.
Temas:
1993-2001
Working poor > Government policy > United States.
Wages > United States.
Working poor > United States.
Travailleurs pauvres > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Travailleurs pauvres > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Economic policy
Wages
Working poor
Working poor > Government policy
United States > Economic policy > 1993-2001.
États-Unis > Politique économique > 1993-2001.
United States
"Multi-User"
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; Preface; Introduction. Identity as a Weapon in the Moral Politics of Work and Poverty
  • Frank Munger ; Part I: Working Toward a Future: Identity and the Meaning of Work ; Chapter 1. In Exile on Main Street
  • Carol Stack ; Chapter 2. Lives on the Line: Low-Wage Work in the Teleservice Economy
  • Ruth Buchanan ; Commentary. Deconstructing Labor Demand in Today's Advanced Economies: Implications for Low-Wage Employment
  • Saskia Sassen ; Commentary. Understanding the Unemployment Experience of Low-Wage Workers: Implications for Ethnographic Research
  • Philip Harvey.
  • Commentary. Looking for Stories of Inner-City Politics: From the Personal to the Global
  • Carl H. Nightingale Part II: Making Decisions About Work, Family, and Welfare ; Chapter 3. Taking Care of Business: The Economic Survival Strategies of Low-Income, Noncustodial Fathers
  • Kathryn Edin, Laura Lein, and Timothy Nelson ; Chapter 4. Custodial Mothers, Welfare Reform, and the New Homeless: A Case Study of Homeless Families in Three Lowell Shelters
  • Aixa N. Cintrón-Vélez ; Chapter 5. Informal Support Networks and the Maintenance of Low-Wage Jobs
  • Julia R. Henly.
  • Commentary. The Low-Wage Labor Market and Welfare Reform
  • Sanders Korenman Part III: Paths Toward Change ; Chapter 6. Care at Work
  • Lucie White ; Chapter 7. Who Counts? The Case for Participatory Research
  • Frances Ansley ; Commentary. Quiescence: The Scylla and Charybdis of Empowerment
  • Joel F. Handler ; Commentary. Taking Dialogue Seriously
  • Michael Frisch ; Conclusion. Democratizing Poverty
  • Frank Munger ; Index.

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