Doussard, Marc.

Degraded work the struggle at the bottom of the labor market / [electronic resource] : Marc Doussard. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013. - xvii, 275 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-261) and index.

New inequalities : the deterioration of local-serving industries -- Beyond low wages : the problem of degraded work -- The city that sweats work : growth and inequality in post-fordist Chicago -- Oases in the midst of deserts : how food retailers thrive in disinvested neighborhoods -- "They're happy to have a job" : mid-size supermarkets and degraded work -- Building degradation : dangerous work and falling pay during a construction boom -- A perfectly flexible workforce : day labor in a precarious industry -- New answers to new problems : the creative work of reversing degradation.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780816685639 (electronic bk.)




Unskilled labor--United States.
Labor--United States.
Working poor--United States.
Wages--United States.
Labor market--United States.


Electronic books.

HD8072.5 / .D68 2013

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