Differences That Matter : Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada /

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Two hotel chains, each with one union and one non-union hotel in Seattle and Vancouver, provide a vivid crossnational comparison because they are similar in so many regards, the one major exception being government policy. Zuberi demonstrates how labor, health, social welfare, and public investment...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zuberi, Dan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Socialpolitik > Kanada.
Socialpolitik > Förenta staterna.
Låglönefrågan > Kanada.
Låglönefrågan > Förenta staterna.
Fattigdom > inkomstfördelning > Kanada.
Fattigdom > inkomstfördelning > Förenta staterna.
Arbetarklassen > ekonomiska förhållanden > Kanada.
Arbetarklassen > ekonomiska förhållanden > Förenta staterna.
Berufstätiger
Armut
Sozialpolitik
Working poor.
Social policy.
Public welfare.
Poverty > Government policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Aide sociale > Canada.
Travailleurs pauvres > Canada.
Travailleurs pauvres > États-Unis.
Pauvrete > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
Pauvrete > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Public welfare > Canada.
Public welfare > United States.
Working poor > Canada.
Working poor > United States.
Poverty > Government policy > Canada.
Poverty > Government policy > United States.
USA
Kanada
United States.
Canada.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
Canada > Social policy.
United States > Social policy.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Poverty and policy in the United States and Canada
  • The story and the setting
  • The union difference
  • Health-care differences
  • Social welfare policy differences
  • Public investment and city-level differences
  • Subjective perceptions and future outlook
  • Improving the lives of the working poor.

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