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Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy
Victor Tan Chen
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Description for Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy
Paperback. Years after the Great Recession, the economy is still weak, and an unprecedented number of workers have sunk into long spells of unemployment. This book provides an account of the experiences of some of these men and women, through the example of a historically important group: autoworkers. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Years after the Great Recession, the economy is still weak, and an unprecedented number of workers have sunk into long spells of unemployment. Cut Loose provides a vivid and moving account of the experiences of some of these men and women, through the example of a historically important group: autoworkers. Their well-paid jobs on the assembly lines built a strong middle class in the decades after World War II. But today, they find themselves beleaguered in a changed economy of greater inequality and risk, one that favors the well-educated or well-connected. Their declining fortunes in recent decades tell us something ... Read more
Years after the Great Recession, the economy is still weak, and an unprecedented number of workers have sunk into long spells of unemployment. Cut Loose provides a vivid and moving account of the experiences of some of these men and women, through the example of a historically important group: autoworkers. Their well-paid jobs on the assembly lines built a strong middle class in the decades after World War II. But today, they find themselves beleaguered in a changed economy of greater inequality and risk, one that favors the well-educated or well-connected. Their declining fortunes in recent decades tell us something ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
477g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520283015
SKU
V9780520283015
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About Victor Tan Chen
Victor Tan Chen is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University and the founding editor of In the Fray magazine. He is the coauthor, with Katherine S. Newman, of The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America.
Reviews for Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy
Rich... Chen constructs a skilled analysis of overlapping issues rising from differences of race, gender and family status.
Angelia R. Wilson Times Higher Education The book is full of accounts, many containing moving, first-person stories of the impact on individuals and families of difficult work... Recomended.
C. K. Piehl CHOICE connect Cut Loose is ... Read more
Angelia R. Wilson Times Higher Education The book is full of accounts, many containing moving, first-person stories of the impact on individuals and families of difficult work... Recomended.
C. K. Piehl CHOICE connect Cut Loose is ... Read more