Welfare, the Working Poor, and Labor

by Louise B. Simmons

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765613011
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction, Louise Simmons; Part I Working Poor and the Contours of Welfare Reform; Chapter 1 Discipline and Seduction, Frances Fox Piven; Chapter 2 The Mirage of Welfare Reform, Max B. Sawicky; Chapter 3 The Long Economic Downturn of the New Century, Boushey Heather, Cherry Robert; Part II Workers and Workforce Issues; Chapter 4 A Report from the Front Lines of Welfare Reform, Fran Bernstein, Cecilia Perry; Chapter 5 Privatization, Labor-Management Relations, and Working Conditions for Lower-Skilled Employees, Immanuel Ness, Roland Zullo; Chapter 6 The Workforce Investment Act and the Labor Movement, Helena Worthen; Chapter 7 Revolving Doors, Chirag Mehta, Nik Theodore; Part III Labor and the Struggles over Social Welfare and Work; Chapter 8 Evaluating the Living-Wage Strategy, David J. Olson, Erich Steinman; Chapter 9 Labor-Welfare Linkages and the Imperative of Organizing Low-Wage Women Workers, Louise Simmons; Chapter 10 Urban Poverty, Social Welfare, and Human Rights, James Jennings;