Moving Working Families Forward : Third Way Policies That Can Work / Robert Cherry.
2011
HD8072.5 .C474 2016
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Title
Moving Working Families Forward : Third Way Policies That Can Work / Robert Cherry.
Author
Cherry, Robert, author.
ISBN
9780814769904
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource : 21 black and white illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.18574/nyu/9780814717189.001.0001 doi
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HD8072.5 .C474 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
331.12042
Summary
"Cherry and Lerman have written a compelling book that challenges the orthodoxies of both the political 'left' and 'right', and that promotes a set of policies to improve the economic status of lower-to-middle income working families. All who care about the well-being of working families will learn a great deal from their analysis."-Harry Holzer, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University "Offers highly sophisticated proposals for helping working families advance in the wake of welfare reform. Cherry and Lerman are very expert, and they write very well."-Lawrence M. Mead, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, New York University Even as our political system remains deeply divided between right and left, there is a clear yearning for a more moderate third way that navigates an intermediate position to address the most pressing issues facing the United States today. Moving Working Families Forward points to a Third Way between liberals and conservatives, combining a commitment to government expenditures that enhance the incomes of working families while recognizing that concerns for program effectiveness, individual responsibility, and underutilization of market incentives are justified. Robert Cherry and Robert Lerman provide the context to understand the distinctive qualities of Third Way policies, focusing on seven areas that substantially affect working families: immigration, race and gender earnings disparities, education, housing, strengthening partnerships, and federal taxes. Balancing empirical studies with voices of working class people, they offer an important perspective on how public policies should be changed. A timely approach, Moving Working Families Forward makes policy recommendations that are both practical and transformative.
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Lerman, Robert, contributor.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. A Third Way Perspective
2. Employment Growth
3. Evaluating Targeted Policies
4. Combating Racial Earnings Disparities
5. Combating Gender Earnings Disparities
6. Refocusing Community College Programs
7. Strengthening Partnerships
8. Revising Government Tax Policies
9. Redirecting Immigration Policies
10. Recasting Housing Subsidies
11. The Politics of Reform
Notes
Index
About the Authors
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. A Third Way Perspective
2. Employment Growth
3. Evaluating Targeted Policies
4. Combating Racial Earnings Disparities
5. Combating Gender Earnings Disparities
6. Refocusing Community College Programs
7. Strengthening Partnerships
8. Revising Government Tax Policies
9. Redirecting Immigration Policies
10. Recasting Housing Subsidies
11. The Politics of Reform
Notes
Index
About the Authors