Free Labor - Workfare and the Contested Language of Neoliberalism

Informationen zum Autor John Krinsky is professor of political science at the City College of New York and the City University Graduate Center. Klappentext One of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's proudest accomplishments is his expansion of the Work Experience Program, which uses welfare recipients to do routine work once done by unionized city workers. The fact that WEP workers are denied the legal status of employees and make far less money and enjoy fewer rights than do city workers has sparked fierce opposition. For antipoverty activists, legal advocates, unions, and other critics of the program this double standard begs a troubling question: are workfare participants workers or welfare recipients? At times the fight over workfare unfolded as an argument over who had the authority to define these terms, and in Free Labor , John Krinsky focuses on changes in the language and organization of the political coalitions on either side of the debate. Krinsky's broadly interdisciplinary analysis draws from interviews, official documents, and media reports to pursue new directions in the study of the cultural and cognitive aspects of political activism. Free Labor will instigate a lively dialogue among students of culture, labor and social movements, welfare policy, and urban political economy. Zusammenfassung The fact that WEP workers are denied the legal status of employees and make far less money and enjoy fewer rights than do city workers has sparked fierce opposition. This book focuses on changes in the language and organization of the political coalitions on both sides of the debate.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John Krinsky, Krinsky John
• Collaboration: University Of Chicago Press (Editeur)
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.09.2007
• EAN: 9780226453651
• ISBN: 978-0-226-45365-1
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Pédagogie sociale, travail social; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; New York, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Labour / income economics, Social welfare & social services, Labour Economics, Social welfare and social services, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, New York (state)