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Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat
Taschenbuch von Ruth Milkman
Sprache: Englisch

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Immigration has been a contentious issue for decades, but in the twenty-first century it has moved to center stage, propelled by an immigrant threat narrative that blames foreign-born workers, and especially the undocumented, for the collapsing living standards of American workers. According to that narrative, if immigration were summarily curtailed, border security established, and ""illegal aliens"" removed, the American Dream would be restored.

In this book, Ruth Milkman demonstrates that immigration is not the cause of economic precarity and growing inequality, as Trump and other promoters of the immigrant threat narrative claim. Rather, the influx of low-wage immigrants since the 1970s was a consequence of concerted employer efforts to weaken labor unions, along with neoliberal policies fostering outsourcing, deregulation, and skyrocketing inequality.

These dynamics have remained largely invisible to the public. The justifiable anger of US-born workers whose jobs have been eliminated or degraded has been tragically misdirected, with even some liberal voices recently advocating immigration restriction. This provocative book argues that progressives should instead challenge right-wing populism, redirecting workers' anger toward employers and political elites, demanding upgraded jobs for foreign-born and US-born workers alike, along with public policies to reduce inequality.
Immigration has been a contentious issue for decades, but in the twenty-first century it has moved to center stage, propelled by an immigrant threat narrative that blames foreign-born workers, and especially the undocumented, for the collapsing living standards of American workers. According to that narrative, if immigration were summarily curtailed, border security established, and ""illegal aliens"" removed, the American Dream would be restored.

In this book, Ruth Milkman demonstrates that immigration is not the cause of economic precarity and growing inequality, as Trump and other promoters of the immigrant threat narrative claim. Rather, the influx of low-wage immigrants since the 1970s was a consequence of concerted employer efforts to weaken labor unions, along with neoliberal policies fostering outsourcing, deregulation, and skyrocketing inequality.

These dynamics have remained largely invisible to the public. The justifiable anger of US-born workers whose jobs have been eliminated or degraded has been tragically misdirected, with even some liberal voices recently advocating immigration restriction. This provocative book argues that progressives should instead challenge right-wing populism, redirecting workers' anger toward employers and political elites, demanding upgraded jobs for foreign-born and US-born workers alike, along with public policies to reduce inequality.
Über den Autor
Ruth Milkman is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and Academic Director of the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies. She served as President of the American Sociological Association in 2016.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
1 Brown-Collar Jobs: Low-Wage Immigrant Workers in the 21st Century
2 Immigration and Labor in Historical Perspective
3 The Eclipse of the New Deal: Labor Degradation, Union Decline, and Immigrant Workers
4 Growing Inequality and Immigrant Employment in Paid Domestic Labor and Service Industry Jobs
5 Immigrant Labor Organizing and Advocacy in the Neoliberal Era
Conclusion
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780745692029
ISBN-10: 0745692028
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Milkman, Ruth
Hersteller: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Maße: 211 x 148 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Ruth Milkman
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.05.2020
Gewicht: 0,305 kg
Artikel-ID: 117581378
Über den Autor
Ruth Milkman is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and Academic Director of the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies. She served as President of the American Sociological Association in 2016.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
1 Brown-Collar Jobs: Low-Wage Immigrant Workers in the 21st Century
2 Immigration and Labor in Historical Perspective
3 The Eclipse of the New Deal: Labor Degradation, Union Decline, and Immigrant Workers
4 Growing Inequality and Immigrant Employment in Paid Domestic Labor and Service Industry Jobs
5 Immigrant Labor Organizing and Advocacy in the Neoliberal Era
Conclusion
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780745692029
ISBN-10: 0745692028
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Milkman, Ruth
Hersteller: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Maße: 211 x 148 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Ruth Milkman
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.05.2020
Gewicht: 0,305 kg
Artikel-ID: 117581378
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