Hard labor : women and work in the post-welfare era

Hard labor : women and work in the post-welfare era / edited by Joel F. Handler and Lucie White.

Other author/creator	Handler, Joel F.
Other author/creator	White, Lucie, 1949-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1999.
Description	xvii, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Welfare recipients--Employment --United States. Poor women--Employment --United States. Public welfare--United States. United States--Social policy --1993-

Portion of title	Women and work in the post-welfare era
Series	Issues in work and human resources Issues in work and human resources. ^A407764
Contents	Low-wage work "as we know it" : what's wrong, what can be done / Joel F. Handler -- Welfare restructuring and working-poor family policy : the new context / Mark Greenberg -- Barriers to finding and maintaining jobs : the perspectives of workers and employers in the low-wage labor market / Julia R. Henly -- Self-employment : possibilities and problems / Susan R. Jones -- Shaping regional economies to sustain quality work : the cooperative health care network / Peter Pitegoff -- Quality child care for low-income families : despair, impasse, improvisation / Lucie White -- Health care puzzle : creating coverage for low-wage workers and their families / Louise G. Trubek -- Unemployment insurance and low-wage work / Lucy A. Williams -- Community-based, employment-related services for low-wage workers / Joel F. Handler and Yeheskel Hasenfeld -- Perils of advocacy : listening, labeling, appropriating / Kathleen A. Sullivan -- Afterword : what's the globe got to do with it? / Fran Ansley.
Local note	Little-315322--305131024001K
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	98008338
ISBN	0765603322 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0765603330 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HV95 .H266 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold