Blau, Joel.

Illusions of Prosperity : America's Working Families in an Age of Economic Insecurity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (289 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Turn to the Market -- 1 The Triumph of the Market -- 2 Business Moves: Markets, Nations, and Inequality -- 3 Disposable Workers -- 4 The Low-Wage, Low-Skill Strategy -- Part II: The Path Upward? -- 5 Education: Choice, Profit, and Democracy -- 6 Jobs and Job Training: The Field of Dreams -- 7 Poverty and Welfare: Market as Cure or Market as Cause? -- Part III: Both Workers and Citizens: The Route to Economic Security -- 8 Democracy in the Workplace? -- 9 The Government: From Client to Customer to Citizen -- 10 The Next Deal -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

9780195349160


Foreign trade and employment--United States.


Electronic books.

HD5710.75.U6.B538 1999

331.1/0973