Hard Labor: Challenges, Strategies, Innovations (Issues in Work and Human Resources (Hardcover))

Handler, Joel F.

ISBN 10: 0765603322 / ISBN 13: 9780765603326

Published by Routledge, 1998

About this Item

A detailed view of the world of low-paid women workers. It provides a realistic picture of the issues, whilst also offering strategies and innovations that could alleviate some of the worst effects. Topics include balancing the demands of work and family, health care and child care. Num Pages: 256 pages, tables, bibliographic references, index. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499. . 1998. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hard Labor: Challenges, Strategies, Innovations (Issues in Work and Human Resources (Hardcover))
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765603322
• ISBN 13: 9780765603326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An in-depth view of the world of low-wage women workers, this expert presentation by authors actively involved in the field provides a realistic picture of the women and the issues as well as suggested strategies and innovations. The book covers a wide range of topics, including getting and keeping a job, struggling to balance the demands of work and family, health care, child care, and unemployment. It is set in the context of both welfare reform and the low-wage labor market and incorporates both self-employment and micro-business enterprise.

About the Author

Joel F. Handler has been a Professor of Law, specializing in social welfare law and policy, poverty, welfare bureaucracies, and comparative welfare states. He has published several books and articles, has won the American Political Science Association prize for the best book in US National Policy (1997) and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has lectured in Europe, Israel, South America, and Asia.  Jay D. White is a professor of public administration at the University of Nebraska, Omaha and coeditor of Research in Public Administration: Reflections on Theory and Practice (Sage Publications, 1994). He is editor of the annual, Research in Public Administration.