Laid Off, Laid Low - Political and Economic Consequences of Employment Insecurity (Hardcover)

Laid Off, Laid Low provides a sobering portrait of the ailing American labor system and the social and political consequences of increasing job insecurity. It proves that the health of the labor market is not a transitory issue brought low by the factors of recession, but a serious concern reflecting deep structural problems in American society. In this book, economists, sociologists, and public policy and political scientists reveal how the American labor market has grown particularly problematic for new job-seekers, trends that are not obvious when averaging the entire population. The contributors to this volume focus instead on changing job patterns between generations, which show that the job prospects for young Americans are more short-term than their predecessors, and that white-collar managers, once members of the most privileged sector, are now experiencing a faster negative rate of change. As this book makes clear, Americans will soon face epic job losses, irreversible trends in downward mobility, and long-lasting economic insecurity-politically polarizing outcomes that will cause even more anxiety among families. Encompassing a number of different disciplines, the prominent scholars of Laid Off, Laid Low provide a full analysis of today's most pressing economic issues. Contributors: Sheldon Danziger and Ben Keys: "Unemployment Risk among Low Wage Workers: 1970-2000"; Hank Farber: "Employment Insecurity: The Decline in Worker-Firm Attachment in the United States"; Elizabeth Jacobs and Katherine Newman: "Rising Angst? Change and Stability in Perceptions of Insecurity"; Philipp Rehm: "Partisan Politics and Labor Market Risks"; Ann Huff Stevens: "Holding Firm: The Stability of Long-Term Employment in the US, 1969-2004"

General

Imprint:	Columbia University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	A Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk)
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	October 2008
Editors:	Katherine Newman (Contact via Paul Price at The Social Science Research Council ([email protected]))
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-0-231-14604-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-231-14604-3
Barcode:	9780231146043

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