Getting by : economic rights and legal protections for people with low income / Helen Hershkoff and Stephen Loffredo.

Over the last generation, inequality has risen, wages have fallen, and confidence that children will have a better future is at an all-time low. To be sure, a new generation is speaking up in support of universal health care, better public schools, affordable housing, and livable wages. But until th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access:Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online
Main Author: Hershkoff, Helen, 1953- (Author)
Other Authors: Loffredo, Stephen, 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Series:Oxford monographs in international humanitarian and criminal law.
Subjects:
LEADER 03146cam a2200529 i 4500
001 on1129460924
003 OCoLC
005 20220923104620.0
006 m o d
007 cr |||||||||||
008 191007s2019 nyu fob 001 0 eng
040 |a AU@  |b eng  |e rda  |e pn  |c AU@  |d OCLCO  |d OH1  |d UKOUP  |d N$T  |d OCLCF  |d EBLCP  |d OCL  |d NRC  |d OCLCO  |d UKAHL  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO 
020 |a 9780199364763  |q (ebook) 
020 |a 0199364761  |q (ebook) 
020 |a 9780190080860  |q (hardcover) 
020 |a 0190080868  |q (hardcover) 
020 |a 9780199938513  |q (paperback) 
020 |a 0199938512  |q (paperback) 
020 |a 9780199974931  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0199974934  |q (electronic bk.) 
035 |a (OCoLC)1129460924 
043 |a n-us--- 
050 4 |a KF3720  |b .H47 2019 
082 0 4 |a 344.7303256  |2 23 
049 |a LAFW 
100 1 |a Hershkoff, Helen,  |d 1953-  |e author. 
240 1 0 |a Rights of the poor 
245 1 0 |a Getting by :  |b economic rights and legal protections for people with low income /  |c Helen Hershkoff and Stephen Loffredo. 
264 1 |a New York, NY :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2019. 
300 |a 1 online resource 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
490 1 |a Oxford monographs in international humanitarian and criminal law 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Cash assistance -- Work-related benefits and employment protections -- Food assistance -- Health -- Education -- Consumer rights and credit protection -- Housing -- Rights in public spaces -- Access to justice : enforcing rights and securing protection -- The right to vote. 
520 8 |a Over the last generation, inequality has risen, wages have fallen, and confidence that children will have a better future is at an all-time low. To be sure, a new generation is speaking up in support of universal health care, better public schools, affordable housing, and livable wages. But until the United States adopts and adheres to policies that ensure dignity and decency for all, people need to get by. This book addresses that imperative. 'Getting By' offers an integrated, critical account of the programs, rights, and legal protections that most directly affect poor and low-income people in the United States, whether they are unemployed, underemployed, or employed, and whether they work within the home or outside the home. 
521 |a Specialized. 
588 0 |a Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2019) 
506 |a Access limited to authorized users. 
650 0 |a Public welfare  |x Law and legislation  |z United States  |v Miscellanea. 
650 0 |a Poor  |x Civil rights  |z United States  |v Miscellanea. 
700 1 |a Loffredo, Stephen,  |d 1955-  |e author. 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |z 9780190080860  |w (OCoLC)1099539993 
773 |t Oxford Scholarship Online. 
830 0 |a Oxford monographs in international humanitarian and criminal law. 
856 4 0 |u http://ezproxy.lafayette.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/42011  |z Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online