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Fighting for a living wage /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Luce, Stephanie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR/Cornell University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Living wage movement > United States.
Minimum wage > United States.
Wages > Law and legislation > United States.
Cost and standard of living > United States.
Income > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Family policy > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The politics of implementation
  • Setting the stage: the political and economic context
  • Overview of the movement
  • A closer look at living wage campaigns
  • Living wage outcomes
  • Implementation: what happens after laws are passed?
  • Fighting from the outside
  • Coalitions playing a formal role
  • Factors needed for successful implementation: inside and outside strategies
  • Other outcomes beyond implementation
  • The future of the living wage movement and lessons for policy implementation.