Living Wages and the Welfare State: The Anglo-American Social Model in Transition
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| Management number | 231953974 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $10.96 | Model Number | 231953974 | ||
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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 US, the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and Australia, 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. Read more
| ASIN | B094KZKV58 |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-1447341215 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 1.4 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Policy Press |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 266 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | May 10, 2021 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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