Jobs aren't enough : toward a new economic mobility for low-income families / Roberta Rehner Iversen, Annie Laurie Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iversen, Roberta Rehner.

Contributor:

Armstrong, Annie Laurie, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--United States.

Working class.

Poor families--United States.

Poor families.

City dwellers--United States.

City dwellers.

Social mobility--United States.

Social mobility.

United States--Social policy--1993-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unflinching examination of the obstacles to economic mobility for low-income families exposes the ugly reality that lies beneath the shining surface of the American Dream. The fact is that nearly 25% of employed adults have difficulty supporting their families today. In eye-opening interviews, twenty-five workers and nearly a thousand people who are linked to them-children, teachers, job trainers, and employers-tell wrenching stories about ""trying to get ahead."" Spanning five cities over five years, this study convincingly demonstrates that prevailing ideas about opportunity, merit

Contents:

Are jobs enough for economic mobility?

From the old to the new economic mobility

The parents: their backgrounds, lives and locations

The children: their lives and worlds

Workforce development: systems and networks

Yesterday's firms and today's families: connects and disconnects with Michele Belliveau

Children's schools, parents' work and policy: alignment and misalignment

Jobs aren't enough: toward an agenda for family economic mobility.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index.

ISBN:

9786611094041

9781281094049

1281094048

9781592133574

1592133576

OCLC:

437182577