TY - BOOK AU - Plotnick,Robert D. AU - Meyers,Marcia K. AU - Romich,Jennifer AU - Smith,Steven Rathgeb TI - Old Assumptions, New Realities: Ensuring Economic Security for Working Families in the 21st Century T2 - A West Coast Poverty Center Volume Series SN - 9781610447218 AV - HD4901 U1 - 331.5/4 PY - 2011/// CY - Chicago PB - Russell Sage Foundation KW - Working poor -- United States KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Old Assumptions, New Realities - Marcia K. Meyers, Robert D. Plotnick, and Jennifer Romich -- Part I. Policies to Increase Economic Security in the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2. Working Families at Risk: Understanding and Confronting the New Economic Insecurity - Jacob S. Hacker -- Chapter 3. Workforce Development and Public Policy: Addressing New Realities in Low-Skill Labor Markets - Michael A. Stoll -- Chapter 4. Creating Opportunity at the Bottom: The Role of Skill Development and Firm-Level Policies in Improving Outcomes for Low-Wage Employees - Paul Osterman -- Chapter 5. Asset-Based Policies and Financial Services: Toward Fairness and Inclusion - Michael Sherraden -- Chapter 6. Ensuring That Americans Can Succeed at Home and at Work in a Global Economy - Jody Heymann and Alison Earle -- Part II. The New Realities of Delivering Safety-Net Programs -- Chapter 7. Nonprofit Helping Hands for the Working Poor: New Realities and Challenges for Today's Safety Net - Scott W. Allard -- Chapter 8. Reconstituting the Safety Net: New Principles and Design Elements to Better Support Low-Income Workers - Jodi R. Sandfort -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4417073 ER -