Title Both hands tied : welfare reform and the race to the bottom in the low-wage labor market / Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer.

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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	331.54 C712B	Check Shelf

Description	xiii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-213) and index.
Summary	This book studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers. Grounded in the experience of thirty-three women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, it tells the story of their struggle to balance child care and wage-earning in poorly paying and often state-funded jobs with inflexible schedules and the moments when these jobs failed them and they turned to the state for additional aid. The authors here examine the situations of these women in light of the 1996 nation.
Contents	Introduction: the connection between welfare and work -- Welfare reform's context: the growth of the low-wage service sector -- Welfare reform's content: building connections between work and welfare -- Tying the first hand: the solitary wage bargain -- Tying the second hand: challenges to economic citizenship -- Both hands tied: the race to the bottom in the low-wage labor market -- Conclusion: untying the hands.
Local Subject	Poor people -- Employment -- United States.
Subject	Poor women -- Employment -- United States.
	Working poor. (OCoLC)fst01180666
	Public welfare. (OCoLC)fst01083250
	Public welfare -- United States.
	Poor -- Employment. (OCoLC)fst01071060
	Working poor -- United States.
	Poor women -- Employment. (OCoLC)fst01071235
	Poor -- Employment -- United States.
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Mayer, Victoria.
ISBN	9780226114057 cloth alkaline paper
	0226114058 cloth alkaline paper
	9780226114064 paperback alkaline paper
	0226114066 paperback alkaline paper
Standard No.	3174568

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