Jobs Aren't Enough: Toward a New Economic Mobility for Low-Income Families - Couverture souple

Iversen, Roberta; Armstrong, Annie

 
9781592133567: Jobs Aren't Enough: Toward a New Economic Mobility for Low-Income Families
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ISBN 10 : 1592133568 ISBN 13 : 9781592133567
Editeur : Temple University Press,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

In this gripping ethnographic account, Roberta Iversen and Annie Laurie Armstrong examine the obstacles to economic mobility for low- and increasingly middle-income families in 21st century America. The 'voices' of twenty-five families in Milwaukee, New Orleans, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Seattle and of hundreds of people who are linked to the families' lives, show that the historic myths about opportunity, merit, and 'bootstraps' are outdated and, in some cases, downright dangerous for many urban workers and their families. Iversen and Armstrong show that the social institutions of family, education, labour market and policy all intersect to influence mobility. Jobs Aren't Enough proposes a new mobility paradigm grounded in cooperation, collaboration, mutuality and revitalization of the 'public will' to maximize both household and profit.

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Éditeur
Temple University Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1592133568
ISBN 13 
9781592133567
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781592133550: Jobs Aren't Enough: Toward a New Economic Mobility for Low-Income Families

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ISBN 10 :  159213355X ISBN 13 :  9781592133550
Editeur : Temple University Press,U.S., 2006
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