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Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security.

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Introduction: High Anxiety, by Katherine S. Newman 1. Short(er) Shrift: The Decline in Worker-Firm Attachment in the United States, by Henry S. Farber 2. Not So Fast: Long-Term Employment in the United States, 1969-2004, by Ann Huff Stevens 3. Hurt the Worst: The Risk of Unemployment among Disadvantaged and Advantaged Male Workers, 1968-2003, by Benjamin J. Keys and Sheldon Danziger 4. Rising Angst?: change and Stability in Perceptions of Economic Insecurity, by Elisabeth Jacobs and Katherine S. Newman 5. Ballot Boxing: Partisan Politics and Labor Market Risks, by Philipp Rehm List of Contributors

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A Hardback by Professor of Sociology Katherine Newman


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    Publisher: Columbia University Press
    Publication Date: 08/10/2008
    ISBN13: 9780231146043, 978-0231146043
    ISBN10: 0231146043
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security.

    Table of Contents
    Introduction: High Anxiety, by Katherine S. Newman 1. Short(er) Shrift: The Decline in Worker-Firm Attachment in the United States, by Henry S. Farber 2. Not So Fast: Long-Term Employment in the United States, 1969-2004, by Ann Huff Stevens 3. Hurt the Worst: The Risk of Unemployment among Disadvantaged and Advantaged Male Workers, 1968-2003, by Benjamin J. Keys and Sheldon Danziger 4. Rising Angst?: change and Stability in Perceptions of Economic Insecurity, by Elisabeth Jacobs and Katherine S. Newman 5. Ballot Boxing: Partisan Politics and Labor Market Risks, by Philipp Rehm List of Contributors

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