Both Hands Tied Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom in the Low-Wage Labor Market

Name: Both Hands Tied Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom in the Low-Wage Labor Market
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ISBN: 9780226114064

ISBN-10: 0226114066

ISBN-13: 9780226114064

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jane L. Collins, Victoria Mayer

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Both Hands Tiedstudies 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 schedulesand the moments when these jobs failed them and they turned to the state for additional aid. Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer here examine the situations of these women in light of the 1996 national Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and other like-minded reformslaws…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.89" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.682



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Preface



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



Description of Interview Process



Interview Protocol



Economic Composition of Sample



Industrial Composition of Milwaukee and Racine



Wisconsin Works (W-2) Documents


Notes


References


Index