Marc Doussard, Greg Schrock

Justice at Work

The Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Justice at Work examines the mutually reinforcing roles of economic and racial justice organizing and policy entrepreneurship in building power and support for policy changes. Bridging urban social movement and urban politics studies, and through case studies in cities including Chicago, Seattle, and New Orleans, it demonstrates how economic and racial justice coalitions are collectively the critical institution underpinning progressive change"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9781517913052
• ISBN-10: 1517913055
• Artikelnr.: 63327760

Autorenporträt

Marc Doussard is associate professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is author of Degraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market (Minnesota, 2013).  Greg Schrock is associate professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Upside of Globalization: City Power in the Urban Age
2. Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions: Diverse Social Movements
Challenge Inequality
3. Urban Policy Entrepreneurs: Networked Policy Change from the Grassroots
4. Organizing for Better Jobs: The Fight for $15 Transforms Urban Politics
5. Good Jobs for All: Targeted Hiring Combats Racism at Work
6. Justice beyond Work: Sick Days, Fair Schedules, and the Politics of
Social Reproduction
7. “Wall Street Is a Racist Conspiracy”: Racial Justice and the Fight
against Austerity
Conclusion: The Promising Work of Justice
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index