Differences That Matter: Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada 9781501711251

This book shines a spotlight on the causes and consequences of working poverty, revealing how the lives of low-wage work

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English Pages 256 [247] Year 2018

Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER 1. Introduction
CHAPTER 2. Poverty and Policy in the United States and Canada
CHAPTER 3. The Story and the Setting
CHAPTER 4. The Union Difference
CHAPTER 5. Health -Care Differences
CHAPTER 6. Social Welfare Policy Differences
CHAPTER 7. Public Investment and City-Level Differences
CHAPTER 8. Subjective Perceptions and Future Outlook
CHAPTER 9. Improving the Lives of the Working Poor
CHAPTER 10. Conclusion
APPENDIX
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX

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