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| ERIC #: | ED478962 |
| Title: | Laboring Below the Line: The New Ethnography of Poverty, Low-Wage Work, and Survival in the Global Economy. |
| Authors: | Munger, Frank, Ed. |
| Descriptors: | Adjustment (to Environment); Case Studies; Economic Change; Employed Women; Employment Patterns; Employment Problems; Empowerment; Family Work Relationship; Fathers; Low Income Groups; Mothers; Policy Formation; Poverty; Public Policy; Salary Wage Differentials; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform; Work Attitudes; Work Environment; Working Poor |
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| Publisher: | Russell Sage Foundation Publications Office, 112 East 64 Street, New York, NY 10021-7383 ($42.50). Tel: 800-524-6401(Toll Free); Fax: 212-371-4761; Web site: http://www.russellsage.org/. |
| Publication Date: | 2002-00-00 |
| Pages: | 319 |
| Pub Types: | Books; Reports - Research |
| Abstract: | This document contains 15 papers on poverty, low-wage work, and survival in the global economy, with emphasis on the following topics: identity and the meaning of work; making decisions about work, family, and welfare; and paths toward change. The following papers are included: "Identity as a Weapon in the Moral Politics of Work and Poverty" (Frank Munger); "In Exile on Main Street" (Carol Stack); "Lives on the Line: Low-Wage Work in the Teleservice Economy" (Ruth Buchanan); "Deconstructing Labor Demand in Today's Advanced Economies: Implications for Low-Wage Employment" (Saskia Sassen); "Understanding the Unemployment Experience of Low-Wage Workers: Implications for Ethnographic Research" (Philip Harvey); "Looking for Stories of Inner-City Politics: From the Personal to the Global" (Carl H. Nightingale); "Taking Care of Business: The Economic Survival Strategies of Low-Income, Noncustodial Fathers" (Kathryn Edin, Laura Lein, Timothy Nelson); "Custodial Mothers, Welfare Reform, and the New Homelessness: A Case Study of Homeless Families in Three Lowell Shelters" (Aixa N. Cintron-Velez); "Informal Support Networks and the Maintenance of Low-Wage Jobs" (Julia R. Henly); "The Low-Wage Labor Market and Welfare Reform" (Sanders Korenman); "Care at Work" (Lucie White); "Who Counts? The Case for Participatory Research" (Frances Ansley); "Quiescence: The Scylla and Charybdis of Empowerment" (Joel F. Handler); "Taking Dialogue Seriously" (Michael Frisch); and "Democratizing Poverty" (Frank Munger). Most papers include substantial bibliographies. (MN) |
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| Identifiers: | Welfare to Work Programs |
| Record Type: | Non-Journal |
| Level: | 3 - Indexed only |
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| ISBN: | ISBN-0-87154-617-5 |
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| Languages: | English |
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