Working and living in the shadow of economic fragility
This study examines the current state of employment through historical, macroeconomic, cultural, sociological and policy lenses, in order to address fundamental questions about the role and value of work in America today. The book offers suggestions for how to address the short- and long-term challe...
| Other Authors: | Crain, Marion G.,, Sherraden, Michael W. 1948-, Oxford Scholarship Online. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxviii, 260 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
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| Summary: |
This study examines the current state of employment through historical, macroeconomic, cultural, sociological and policy lenses, in order to address fundamental questions about the role and value of work in America today. The book offers suggestions for how to address the short- and long-term challenges of rebuilding a society of opportunity with meaningful and sustaining jobs as the foundation of the American middle class. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. This study examines the current state of employment through historical, macroeconomic, cultural, sociological and policy lenses, in order to address fundamental questions about the role and value of work in America today. The book offers suggestions for how to address the short- and long-term challenges of rebuilding a society of opportunity with meaningful and sustaining jobs as the foundation of the American middle class. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxviii, 260 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780190218249 |