Contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction. Identity as a Weapon in the Moral Politics of Work and Poverty - Frank Munger
Part I: Working Toward a Future: Identity and the Meaning of Work
Chapter 1. In Exile on Main Street - Carol Stack
Chapter 2. Lives on the Line: Low-Wage Work in the Teleservice Economy - Ruth Buchanan
Commentary. Deconstructing Labor Demand in Today's Advanced Economies: Implications for Low-Wage Employment - Saskia Sassen
Commentary. Understanding the Unemployment Experience of Low-Wage Workers: Implications for Ethnographic Research - Philip Harvey
Commentary. Looking for Stories of Inner-City Politics: From the Personal to the Global - Carl H. Nightingale
Part II: Making Decisions About Work, Family, and Welfare
Chapter 3. Taking Care of Business: The Economic Survival Strategies of Low-Income, Noncustodial Fathers - Kathryn Edin, Laura Lein, and Timothy Nelson
Chapter 4. Custodial Mothers, Welfare Reform, and the New Homeless: A Case Study of Homeless Families in Three Lowell Shelters - Aixa N. Cintrón-Vélez
Chapter 5. Informal Support Networks and the Maintenance of Low-Wage Jobs - Julia R. Henly
Commentary. The Low-Wage Labor Market and Welfare Reform - Sanders Korenman
Part III: Paths Toward Change
Chapter 6. Care at Work - Lucie White
Chapter 7. Who Counts? The Case for Participatory Research - Frances Ansley
Commentary. Quiescence: The Scylla and Charybdis of Empowerment - Joel F. Handler
Commentary. Taking Dialogue Seriously - Michael Frisch
Conclusion. Democratizing Poverty - Frank Munger
Index