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Old assumptions, new realities : ensuring economic security for working families in the 21st century / Robert D. Plotnick, Marcia K. Meyers, Jennifer Romich, Steven Rathgeb Smith, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: West Coast Poverty Center VolumePublication details: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (270 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781610447218
  • 1610447212
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Old Assumptions, New Realities : Ensuring Economic Security for Working Families in the 21st Century.DDC classification:
  • 331.5/4 23
LOC classification:
  • HD4901 .O56 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1. Old Assumptions, New Realities -- Marcia K. Meyers, Robert D. Plotnick, and Jennifer Romich; Part I. Policies to Increase Economic Security in the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 2. Working Families at Risk: Understanding and Confronting the New Economic Insecurity -- Jacob S. Hacker; Chapter 3. Workforce Development and Public Policy: Addressing New Realities in Low-Skill Labor Markets -- Michael A. Stoll.
Chapter 4. Creating Opportunity at the Bottom: The Role of Skill Development and Firm-Level Policies in Improving Outcomes for Low-Wage Employees -- Paul OstermanChapter 5. Asset-Based Policies and Financial Services: Toward Fairness and Inclusion -- Michael Sherraden; Chapter 6. Ensuring That Americans Can Succeed at Home and at Work in a Global Economy -- Jody Heymann and Alison Earle; Part II. The New Realities of Delivering Safety-Net Programs; Chapter 7. Nonprofit Helping Hands for the Working Poor: New Realities and Challenges for Today's Safety Net -- Scott W. Allard.
Chapter 8. Reconstituting the Safety Net: New Principles and Design Elements to Better Support Low-Income Workers -- Jodi R. SandfortIndex.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1. Old Assumptions, New Realities -- Marcia K. Meyers, Robert D. Plotnick, and Jennifer Romich; Part I. Policies to Increase Economic Security in the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 2. Working Families at Risk: Understanding and Confronting the New Economic Insecurity -- Jacob S. Hacker; Chapter 3. Workforce Development and Public Policy: Addressing New Realities in Low-Skill Labor Markets -- Michael A. Stoll.

Chapter 4. Creating Opportunity at the Bottom: The Role of Skill Development and Firm-Level Policies in Improving Outcomes for Low-Wage Employees -- Paul OstermanChapter 5. Asset-Based Policies and Financial Services: Toward Fairness and Inclusion -- Michael Sherraden; Chapter 6. Ensuring That Americans Can Succeed at Home and at Work in a Global Economy -- Jody Heymann and Alison Earle; Part II. The New Realities of Delivering Safety-Net Programs; Chapter 7. Nonprofit Helping Hands for the Working Poor: New Realities and Challenges for Today's Safety Net -- Scott W. Allard.

Chapter 8. Reconstituting the Safety Net: New Principles and Design Elements to Better Support Low-Income Workers -- Jodi R. SandfortIndex.

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