Welfare, the Working Poor, and LaborLouise B. Simmons M.E. Sharpe, 2004 - 172 pages 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 Markets -- III. 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. |
Contents
The Campaign | 3 |
The Long Economic Downturn of the New Century | 24 |
A Report from the Front Lines of Welfare Reform | 45 |
Privatization LaborManagement Relations | 59 |
The Workforce Investment Act and | 76 |
Temp Agencies as Accelerators | 90 |
Labor and the Struggles over Social Welfare and Work | 105 |
LaborWelfare Linkages and the Imperative | 132 |
Urban Poverty Social Welfare and Human Rights | 146 |
About the Editor and Contributors | 161 |
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