Differences that matter : social policy and the working poor in the United States and Canada / Dan Zuberi.
Publication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2006.Description: xiv, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:- 0801444071 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0801473128 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780801444074 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780801473128 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 362.5/5610973 22
- HC110.P6 Z83 2006
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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.