Jobless Citizens

Author : Robert W. McChesney
Publisher : Bold Type Books
ISBN 13 : 1568585225
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People Get Ready written by Robert W. McChesney and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity is on the verge of its darkest hour -- or its greatest moment The consequences of the technological revolution are about to hit hard: unemployment will spike as new technologies replace labor in the manufacturing, service, and professional sectors of an economy that is already struggling. The end of work as we know it will hit at the worst moment imaginable: as capitalism fosters permanent stagnation, when the labor market is in decrepit shape, with declining wages, expanding poverty, and scorching inequality. Only the dramatic democratization of our economy can address the existential challenges we now face. Yet, the US political process is so dominated by billionaires and corporate special interests, by corruption and monopoly, that it stymies not just democracy but progress. The great challenge of these times is to ensure that the tremendous benefits of technological progress are employed to serve the whole of humanity, rather than to enrich the wealthy few. Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols argue that the United States needs a new economy in which revolutionary technologies are applied to effectively address environmental and social problems and used to rejuvenate and extend democratic institutions. Based on intense reporting, rich historical analysis, and deep understanding of the technological and social changes that are unfolding, they propose a bold strategy for democratizing our digital destiny -- before it's too late -- and unleashing the real power of the Internet, and of humanity.

Author : Marco Giugni
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349951420
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jobless Citizens written by Marco Giugni and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines patterns of political engagement of long-term unemployed youth. The authors show how unemployment affects the personal, social, and political life of young people. Focusing on the case of Geneva in Switzerland, the study shows the importance of socioeconomic, relational, psychological, and institutional resources for the political engagement of unemployed youth. The book shows specifically how the relationship between unemployment and the political engagement of unemployed youth is mediated by a number of factors: their socioeconomic status and more generally their individual background, their level of deprivation and the associated degree of subjective well-being; the social capital that unemployed youth draw from involvement in voluntary associations and interpersonal networks and relations, and the political learning stemming from interactions with welfare institutions and their perception of such interactions. Students and scholars in areas including Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Youth Studies and Social Policy will find this study of interest.

Author : Edward Wight Bakke
Publisher : [Hamden, Conn.] : Archon Books, 1969 [1968]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizens Without Work written by Edward Wight Bakke and published by [Hamden, Conn.] : Archon Books, 1969 [1968]. This book was released on 1968 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Government Measures Unemployment written by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizens Without Work written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James J. Lorence
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820330450
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unemployed People's Movement written by James J. Lorence and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Georgia during the Great Depression, jobless workers united with the urban poor, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers. In a collective effort that cut across race and class boundaries, they confronted an unresponsive political and social system and helped shape government policies. James J. Lorence adds significantly to our understanding of this movement, which took place far from the northeastern and midwestern sites we commonly associate with Depression-era labor struggles. Drawing on extensive archival research, including newly accessible records of the Communist Party of the United States, Lorence details interactions between various institutional and grassroots players, including organized labor, the Communist Party, the Socialist Party, liberal activists, and officials at every level of government. He shows, for example, how the Communist Party played a more central role than previously understood in the organization of the unemployed and the advancement of labor and working-class interests in Georgia. Communists gained respect among the jobless, especially African Americans, for their willingness to challenge officials, help negotiate the welfare bureaucracy, and gain access to New Deal social programs. Lorence enhances our understanding of the struggles of the poor and unemployed in a Depression-era southern state. At the same time, we are reminded of their movement's lasting legacy: the shift in popular consciousness that took place as Georgians, "influenced by a new sense of entitlement fostered by the unemployed organizations," began to conceive of new, more-equal relations with the state.

Author : Marco Giugni
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000327701
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Young People and Long-Term Unemployment written by Marco Giugni and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young People and Long-Term Unemployment examines the consequences of long-term unemployment for the personal, social, and political lives of young adults aged 18–34 across four European cities: Cologne (Germany), Geneva (Switzerland), Lyon (France), and Turin (Italy). Adopting a multidimensional theoretical framework aiming to bring together insights based on the contextual (macro), organizational (meso), and individual (micro) levels, and combining quantitative and qualitative data and analyses, it reaches a number of important conclusions. First, our study shows that the experience of long-term unemployment has a negative impact on different dimensions of young people’s lives. When compared to employed youth, unemployed youth are less satisfied with their lives, more isolated, and less independent financially. Second, however, there are important variations across the four cities. This means that, in spite of widespread retrenchments, in some places the welfare state still acts as a buffer against unemployment. Third, although young unemployed people participate in politics equally if not slightly more than employed youth, the young unemployed are often disconnected from politics. This is so even when they have important grievances to express in the face of high youth unemployment, precarious working conditions, and grim future perspectives on the labor market. This book will be useful for scholars interested in unemployment politics and youth politics, researchers and teachers in political science, sociology, and social psychology.

Author : Thomas H. Coode
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838723203
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People, Poverty, and Politics written by Thomas H. Coode and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the impact of the Great Depression on Pennsylvania, covering, in addition to politics, such topics as social and physical deprivation, black housing, labor conflict, relief, and the revival of the United Mine Workers of America. Illustrated.

Author : Milwaukee (Wis.). Citizens' Committee on Unemployment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizens' Committee on Unemployment Sub-committees written by Milwaukee (Wis.). Citizens' Committee on Unemployment and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carl E. Van Horn
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442238011
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working Scared (Or Not at All) written by Carl E. Van Horn and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-08-06 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working Scared will help citizens, policy makers, educators, business, union, and community leaders better understand what is happening to the United States workforce. It also describes the essential national priorities and policies that will assist in restoring the American dream of secure employment and intergenerational progress.