1st Edition
The Political Economy of the Living Wage: A Study of Four Cities A Study of Four Cities
By Oren M. Levin-Waldman
Copyright 2005
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the movement for living wages at the local level and what it tells us about urban politics. Oren M. Levin-Waldman studies the role that living wage campaigns may have had in recent years in altering the political landscape in four cities where they have been adopted: Los Angeles, Detroit, Baltimore, and New Orleans. It is the author's belief that the living wage movements are a... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Meaning of the Living Wage; Chapter 3 Contemporary Urban Theory; Chapter 4 Four Cities I: Economic Factors; Chapter 5 Four Cities II: The Politics; Chapter 6 The Changing Face of the Urban Political Landscape;
Biography
Oren M. Levin-Waldman
