Harvey Securing the Right to Employment

Social Welfare Policy and the Unemployed in the United States
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6056-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 162 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Basing his proposal on plans developed by New Deal social welfare administrators, Harvey analyzes the feasibility and desirability of using public sector job creation to secure a right to employment. He shows that such a policy would provide more effective relief from the problems of poverty and unemployment than do existing arrangements while permitting a major expansion in the production of public goods and services without increasing tax burdens. The economic side-effects and administrative problems associated with the policy are carefully explored and found manageable. Finally, the book concludes with an assessment of the political interests that stand in the way of policy initiatives like the one proposed.

Originally published in 1989.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Harvey, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Wohnen & Obdachlosigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. ix
Tables, pg. xi
Abbreviations, pg. xiii
Introduction, pg. 3
CHAPTER 1. The Missing Leg of U.S. Social Welfare Policy, pg. 11
CHAPTER 2. The Fiscal Feasibility of Providing Employment Assurance, pg. 21
CHAPTER 3. Combating Unemployment and Poverty, pg. 51
CHAPTER 4. Economic Side Effects of an EAP Jobs Program, pg. 66
CHAPTER 5. Administrative Problems and Opportunities, pg. 79
CHAPTER 6. Political Problems, pg. 99
Appendix: Sources and Assumptions for Tabular Data, pg. 118
Notes, pg. 127
Index, pg. 143