The Political Economy of the Living Wage : A Study of Four Cities.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (263 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figure -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Meaning of the Living Wage -- 3. Contemporary Urban Theory -- 4. Four Cities I: Economic Factors -- 5. Four Cities II: The Politics -- 6. The Changing Face of the Urban Political Landscape -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9781315498041
Living wage movement--United States--Case studies.