The Political Economy of the Living Wage: A Study of Four Cities
A Study of Four Cities
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Patient Care, Health Care Delivery, Business & Finance, Economics
| Author: | Oren M. Levin-Waldman | ISBN: | 9781315498034 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 22, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Oren M. Levin-Waldman |
| ISBN: | 9781315498034 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | July 22, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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 result of policy failure at the local level. They are the by-product of the failure to adequately address the changes that were occurring, mainly the changing urban economic base and growing income inequality. The author undertakes a scholarly analysis of the issue through the disciplinary lenses of political science while also employing some of the economists' tools.
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 result of policy failure at the local level. They are the by-product of the failure to adequately address the changes that were occurring, mainly the changing urban economic base and growing income inequality. The author undertakes a scholarly analysis of the issue through the disciplinary lenses of political science while also employing some of the economists' tools.
