{"product_id":"rising-up-9780774864374","title":"Rising Up","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRising Up shows how living wage movements have transformed, or are campaigning to transform, labour policy in Canada and stimulated broader public debate about income and social inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an older, more classical, and well-informed political economy analysis. -- T. M. Bateman, St. Thomas University * CHOICE Connect *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Resisting Low-Wage Work: The Struggle for Living Wages \/ \u003cem\u003eBryan Evans, Carlo Fanelli, and Tom McDowell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: The \"Standard\" Employment Relationship: Low-Wage Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Comparative Political Economy of Low Wages \/ \u003cem\u003eStephen McBride, Sorin Mitrea, and Mohammad Ferdosi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Labour Justice: Assessing the Politics of the American Labor Movement \/ \u003cem\u003eBiko Koenig and Deva Woodly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Media (Mis)Representations and the Living Wage Movement \/ \u003cem\u003eCarlo Fanelli and A.J. Wilson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: The Fight for Living Wages in Canada\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 The Emergence of the Living Wage Movement in Canada’s Northern Territories \/ \u003cem\u003eKendall Hammond\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Getting By but Dreaming of Normal: Low-Wage Employment, Living in Toronto, and the Crisis of Social Reproduction \/ \u003cem\u003eMeg Luxton and Patricia McDermott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The Living Wage and the Extremely Precarious: The Case of \"Illegalized\" Migrant Workers \/ \u003cem\u003eCharity-Ann Hannan, John Shields, and Harald Bauder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Working for a Living, Not Living for Work: Living Wages in the Maritimes \/ \u003cem\u003eMary-Dan Johnston and Christine Saulnier \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 The BC Living Wage for Families Campaign: A Decade of Building \/ \u003cem\u003eCatherine Ludgate\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Challenging the Small Business Ideology in Saskatchewan’s Living Wage Debate \/ \u003cem\u003eAndrew Stevens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Resistance and Alternatives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 The Living Wage Campaign in Hamilton: Assessing the Voluntary Approach \/ \u003cem\u003eDavid Goutor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Why Business-Led Living Wage Campaigns Fail: The Case of Calgary, Alberta 1999–2009 \/ \u003cem\u003eCarol-Anne Hudson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 The Low-Wage Economy in the Age of Neoliberalism: What Can be Done? \/ \u003cem\u003eTom McDowell, Sune Sandbeck, and Bryan Evans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404946448727,"sku":"9780774864374","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774864374.jpg?v=1730488149","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rising-up-9780774864374","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}