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Addressing the rapidly shifting politics of the minimum wage in six English-speaking countries, Shaun Wilson analyses minimum wage policies within a political-economy narrative. Topical and poignant, this book identifies the success of living wage campaigns as central to both welfare state change and alternatives to the Basic Income.

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Introduction: The Challenge of a Living Wage Minimum Wage Workers and the Low-wage Labour Market Threats to Low-wage Workers and their Living Standards The Crumbling Orthodoxy: Arguments for Low Minimum Wages Enter the New Politics of the Living Wage Challenges to Living Wage Welfare States Conclusion: Living Wages and the Liberal Welfare States in the 21st century

Living Wages and the Welfare State

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 10/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9781447341208, 978-1447341208
      ISBN10: 1447341201
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      Book Synopsis
      Addressing the rapidly shifting politics of the minimum wage in six English-speaking countries, Shaun Wilson analyses minimum wage policies within a political-economy narrative. Topical and poignant, this book identifies the success of living wage campaigns as central to both welfare state change and alternatives to the Basic Income.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: The Challenge of a Living Wage Minimum Wage Workers and the Low-wage Labour Market Threats to Low-wage Workers and their Living Standards The Crumbling Orthodoxy: Arguments for Low Minimum Wages Enter the New Politics of the Living Wage Challenges to Living Wage Welfare States Conclusion: Living Wages and the Liberal Welfare States in the 21st century

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