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

Author/creator Iversen, Roberta Rehner
Other author Armstrong, Annie Laurie, 1950-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, Pa : Temple University Press,
Descriptionxii, 284 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Working class--United States.
Poor families--United States.
City dwellers--United States.
Social mobility--United States.
United States--Social policy. --1993-.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005046668
ISBN159213355X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1592133568 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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