The Political Economy Of The Living Wage A Study Of Four Cities

Author : Oren M. Levin-Waldman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315498041

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This book examines the movement for living wages at the local level and what it tells us about urban politics. Oren M. Levin-Waldman studies the role that living wage campaigns may have had in recent years in altering the political landscape in four cities where they have been adopted: Los Angeles, Detroit, Baltimore, and New Orleans. It is the author's belief that the living wage movements are a result of policy failure at the local level. They are the by-product of the failure to adequately address the changes that were occurring, mainly the changing urban economic base and growing income inequality. The author undertakes a scholarly analysis of the issue through the disciplinary lenses of political science while also employing some of the economists' tools.

Author : Oren M. Levin-Waldman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315498034

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The Political Economy of the Living Wage: A Study of Four Cities by Oren M. Levin-Waldman Pdf

This book examines the movement for living wages at the local level and what it tells us about urban politics. Oren M. Levin-Waldman studies the role that living wage campaigns may have had in recent years in altering the political landscape in four cities where they have been adopted: Los Angeles, Detroit, Baltimore, and New Orleans. It is the author's belief that the living wage movements are a result of policy failure at the local level. They are the by-product of the failure to adequately address the changes that were occurring, mainly the changing urban economic base and growing income inequality. The author undertakes a scholarly analysis of the issue through the disciplinary lenses of political science while also employing some of the economists' tools.

Author : Donald Stabile
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319324739

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The Political Economy of a Living Wage by Donald Stabile Pdf

This book tells the story behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s use of the phrase "living wage" in a variety of speeches, letters, and statements, and examines the degree to which programs of the New Deal reflected the ideas of a living wage movement that existed in the US for almost three decades before Roosevelt was elected president. Far from being a side issue, the previously unexplored living wage debate sheds light on the New Deal philosophy of social justice by identifying the value judgments behind its policies. Moving chronologically through history, this book's highlights include the revelation of a living wage agenda under the War Industry Board (WIB)'s National War Labor Board (NWLB) during World War I, the unearthing of long-forgotten literature from the 1920s and 30s that formed the foundation of Roosevelt's statements on a living wage, and the examination of contemporary studies that used a simple living wage formula combining collective bargaining, social insurance, and minimum wage as a standard for social justice used to measure the impact of New Deal polices.

Author : Robert Pollin,Stephanie Luce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1565844092

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The Living Wage by Robert Pollin,Stephanie Luce Pdf

The first detailed assessment of the impact of the "living wage" legislation passed in a number of U.S. cities shows how it has improved the lives of the working poor and demonstrates its relatively low cost for employers.

Author : Bryan Evans,Carlo Fanelli,Tom McDowell
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774864398

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Rising Up by Bryan Evans,Carlo Fanelli,Tom McDowell Pdf

Rising Up traces the history and international context of living wage movements across Canada. This compassionate and astute collection of essays shines a light on alternatives to a neoliberalized labour market, examining union- and community-based approaches to labour organizing, migrant labour, and media (mis)representations, among other key topics. Canada has one of the highest rates of low-wage work among advanced industrial economies. In a labour market characterized by the ongoing fallout from COVID-19, deepening income inequality, job instability, and diluted union representation, the living wage movement offers a response and solutions.

Author : Jerold L. Waltman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0252025458

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The Politics of the Minimum Wage by Jerold L. Waltman Pdf

The minimum wage as a value of civic republicanism The minimum wage appears to be a standard economic regulatory measure, yet a politics of symbolism more than anything else defines the political contests that periodically erupt over it. Detractors abhor its corruption of market principles, while supporters see it as a measure of society's symbolic commitment to the poor. Tracing the history of the minimum wage and exposing its inherent contradictions as a political issue, Jerold Waltman proposes an alternative to the economic arguments that now dominate debates over it. Citing overwhelming public support for the minimum wage as evidence of an enduring civic consciousness and humanitarianism, Waltman advocates recasting the discussion in terms of a political economy of citizenship. Such a perspective would focus on the communal value of work, the need for citizens to have a stake in the community, and the effects of economic inequality on the bonds of common citizenship. Positioning the minimum wage as a fulcrum for the most basic conflict underlying America's unique combination of democracy and a market economy, The Politics of the Minimum Wage shows how a defense of the minimum wage built on a communal sense of responsibility rests on a strong tradition of civic republicanism and strengthens the hope for a truly democratic society.

Author : Marion Orr
Publisher : Studies in Government & Public
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39076002670615

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Transforming the City by Marion Orr Pdf

A path-breaking book--the first to examine the evolution of community organizing in U.S. cities. While embracing mobilization, the contributors acknowledge the challenges inherent in globalization and the norms and values that shape contemporary American culture. Still, they reaffirm that community organizing has an important role to play as part of a broader progressive movement.

Author : Robert Pollin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124026746

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A Measure of Fairness by Robert Pollin Pdf

Assesses how well living wage and minimum wage regulations in the United States serve the workers they are intended to help. Provides an overview of living wage and minimum wage implementation in Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Connecticut to show how these policies play out in the paychecks of workers, in the halls of legislature, and in business ledgers. Concludes that living wage laws and minimum wage increases have been effective policy interventions capable of bringing significant, if modest, benefits to the people.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Economics
ISBN : PSU:000061880368

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Challenge by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Pollin,Stephanie Luce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1565845889

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The Living Wage by Robert Pollin,Stephanie Luce Pdf

The first comprehensive examination of the economic concept now being implemented across the nation with dramatic results.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121645332

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The American Economic Review by Anonim Pdf

Includes annual List of doctoral dissertations in political economy in progress in American universities and colleges.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015057964689

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Challenge Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1426 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015066121404

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Book Review Index by Anonim Pdf

Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015066043228

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American Book Publishing Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122345049

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Choice by Anonim Pdf