Living Wages and the Welfare State

The Anglo-American Social Model in Transition
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4118-5
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Shaun

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Challenge of a Living Wage

Minimum Wage Workers and the Low-wage Labour Market

Threats to Low-wage Workers and their Living Standards

The Crumbling Orthodoxy: Arguments for Low Minimum Wages

Enter the New Politics of the Living Wage

Challenges to Living Wage Welfare States

Conclusion: Living Wages and the Liberal Welfare States in the 21st century

Über Autor(innen)

Wilson, Shaun
Shaun Wilson is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University.