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Differences that matter : social policy and the working poor in the United States and Canada /

Zuberi, Dan.

Differences that matter : social policy and the working poor in the United States and Canada / Dan Zuberi. - Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2006. - xiv, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index.

Poverty and policy in the United States and Canada -- The story and the setting -- The union difference -- Health-care differences -- Social welfare policy differences -- Public investment and city-level differences -- Subjective perceptions and future outlook -- Improving the lives of the working poor.

ISBN: 0801444071 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801473128 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780801444074 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801473128 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005035783

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Poverty--Government policy--United States.
Poverty--Government policy--Canada.
Working poor--United States.
Working poor--Canada.
Public welfare--United States.
Public welfare--Canada.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Social policy.
Canada--Social policy.

LC Class. No.: HC110.P6 / Z83 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 362.5/5610973