ABSTRACT

This volume analyses poverty and welfare reform within a context of low-wage work and the contours of the labour market that welfare recipients are entering. It aims to bring labour into the discussion of welfare reform and creates a bridge between the domains of labour and welfare.

part |42 pages

Working Poor and the Contours of Welfare Reform

chapter |8 pages

Discipline and Seduction

The Campaign to Regulate American Workers

part |62 pages

Workers and Workforce Issues

part |56 pages

Labor and the Struggles over Social Welfare and Work