Working scared (or not at all) : the lost decade, great recession, and restoring the shattered American dream / Carl E. Van Horn.

Author
Van Horn, Carl E. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]
Description
xvi, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    "Work Scared draws on nearly twenty-five thousand interviews with employed and unemployed Americans conducted from 1998 to 2012. These voices of American workers tell a compelling story about wrenching structural changes and recessions during one of the most volatile periods in U.S. economic history. This book represents one of the most comprehensive social science research portraits of the views of American workers about their jobs, the workplace, and government's role in the labor market. Working Sacred will help citizens, policy makers, educators, businesses, unions, and community leaders betters understand what is happening to the U.S. workforce. It also describes the essential national priorities and policies that will assist frustrated, angry, and scared American workers and the reforms that will help restore the American dream of secure employment and intergenerational progress."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Working scared in America and the great recession
    • Is the American worker disposable?
    • New American workplace realities
    • Misery and bleak expectations for older unemployed workers
    • Unfulfilled expectations for recent college and high school graduates
    • Unfinished business: recovering from the Great Recession
    • Restoring the shattered dreams of American workers.
    ISBN
    • 9781442219656 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 1442219653 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 1442219661 ((electronic))
    • 9781442219663 ((electronic))
    • 9781299141742
    • 1299141749
    LCCN
    2012043127
    OCLC
    811600975
    Other standard number
    • 40022156675
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