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Working Scared (or Not at All) : The Lost Decade, Great Recession, and Restoring the Shattered American Dream.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2013Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (227 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442238015
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Working Scared (or Not at All)LOC classification:
  • HD5724 .V358 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 01. Working Scared in America and the Great Recession -- Chapter 02. Is the American Worker Disposable? -- Chapter 03. New American Workplace Realities -- Chapter 04. Misery and Bleak Expectations for Older Unemployed Workers -- Chapter 05. Unfulfilled Expectations for Recent College and High School Graduates -- Chapter 06. Unfinished Business: Recovering from the Great Recession -- Chapter 07. Restoring the Shattered Dreams of American Workers -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Significant Works -- Index.
Summary: Working Scared will help citizens, policy makers, educators, business, union, and community leaders better understand what is happening to the United States workforce. It also describes the essential national priorities and policies that will assist in restoring the American dream of secure employment and intergenerational progress.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 01. Working Scared in America and the Great Recession -- Chapter 02. Is the American Worker Disposable? -- Chapter 03. New American Workplace Realities -- Chapter 04. Misery and Bleak Expectations for Older Unemployed Workers -- Chapter 05. Unfulfilled Expectations for Recent College and High School Graduates -- Chapter 06. Unfinished Business: Recovering from the Great Recession -- Chapter 07. Restoring the Shattered Dreams of American Workers -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Significant Works -- Index.

Working Scared will help citizens, policy makers, educators, business, union, and community leaders better understand what is happening to the United States workforce. It also describes the essential national priorities and policies that will assist in restoring the American dream of secure employment and intergenerational progress.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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