Sleeping Giant: The Long Decline and Coming Rise of the Working Class
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 110187306X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A welcome addition to the conversation about the downward slide of working people in the US. But there are better, deeper books." according to Worddancer Redux. There is a lot of good material out there about the downward slide of the middle class, and the decreased work possibilities for working class people. I strongly recommend BOTH HANDS TIED for people who are interested in how Clinton's welfare 'reform' produc. Wake Up and Smell the Coffee! Robert W. Grant An important book for our times. A required read for those who consider themselves adequately informed voters in the upcoming U.S Presidential Election!. Five Stars Came as promisedGreat quality
Now, a decade later, she’s issuing an equally important and hopefully equally prescient message: America’s diverse new working class is ready to be mobilized behind a bold agenda for economic and political reform. Praise for Sleeping Giant:"Read Sleeping Giant. And it is powerful. By offering a fresh and insightful new look at work in America—who's doing it, how it's changed, and why we should care, she helps us understand where everyone from the caregiver to the sanitation worker is situated, and offers a blueprint for a better life for all of us.
There was a time when America’s working class was seen as the backbone of the American economy, having considerable political, economic, and moral authority. Today’s working class is a sleeping giant. And as Tamara Draut makes abundantly clear, it is just now waking up to its untapped political power. Sleeping Giant is the first major examination of the new working class and the role it will play in our economic and political future. This is changing, swiftly and dramatically. They are us. With “Fight for $15” minimum-wage protests popping up throughout the country (and in some places winning) and economic inequality being recognized as one of the defining issues of our time, today’s working class will soon become impossible to ignore and foolish to dismiss. No longer confined to the assembly line, today’s working class watches our children and cares for our parents. They park our cars, s
TAMARA DRAUT is the Vice President of Policy and Research at Demos, a national think tank headquartered in New York City, and is the author of Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead. Draut is a regular commentator on working- and middle-class issues and has appeare