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Living Wages and the Welfare State: The Anglo-American Social Model in Transition
Hardback
Main Details
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Living Wages and the Welfare State: The Anglo-American Social Model in Transition
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Shaun Wilson
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:232 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781447341185
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| Classifications | Dewey:331.23 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
16 Tables, black and white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bristol University Press
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| Imprint |
Policy Press
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| Publication Date |
10 May 2021 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In the 21st century, are living wages an unaffordable and unwieldy aspiration or a key progressive reform? Demands for fair minimum incomes have dominated national debates amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This topical book addresses the rapidly shifting politics of minimum wages in Australia, the UK, Canada, the US, New Zealand and Ireland, where workfare has compelled many to find low-income work and where neoliberal thinking about minimum wages has prevailed. Analysing minimum wage policies within a political-economy narrative, this innovative book offers an alternative to the Basic Income narrative and identifies the success of Living Wage campaigns as central to welfare state change.
Author Biography
Shaun Wilson is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University.
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