The Betrayal of Work (eBook)

How Low-wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans And Their Families

Beth Shulman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
255 Seiten
The New Press (Verlag)
978-1-59558-729-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Following its publication in hardcover, the critically acclaimed Betrayal of Work became one of the most influential policy books about economic life in America; it was discussed in the pages of Newsweek, Business Week, Fortune, the Washington Post, Newsday, and USA Today, as well as in public policy journals and in broadcast interviews, including a one-on-one with Bill Moyers on PBS's NOW. The American Prospect's James K. Galbraith's praise was typical: "e;Shulman's slim and graceful book is a model combination of compelling portraiture, common sense, and understated conviction."e;Beth Shulman's powerfully argued book offers a full program to address the injustice faced by the 30 million Americans who work full time but do not make a living wage. As the influential Harvard Business School newsletter put it, Shulman "e;specifically outlines how structural changes in the economy may be achieved, thus expanding opportunities for all Americans."e; This edition includes a new afterword that intervenes in the post-election debate by arguing that low-wage work is an urgent moral issue of our time.

Autor

Beth Shulman was a labor consultant and former vice president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union in Washington, D.C. She passed away in 2010.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.5.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Schlagworte: economic injustice in the US • labor rights • living wages • low-wage jobs • Policy Reform • Social Justice • Sustainable living • Working Poor
• ISBN-10: 1-59558-729-2 / 1595587292
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59558-729-9 / 9781595587299