Description
| Product ID: | 9781509548248 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Living on the Edge |
| Subtitle: | When Hard Times Become a Way of Life |
| Authors: | Author: Celine-Marie Pascale |
| Page Count: | 280 |
| Subjects: | Sociology and anthropology, Sociology & anthropology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating For the majority of Americans, hard times have long been a way of life. Some work multiple low-wage jobs, others face the squeeze of stagnant wages and rising costs of living. Sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale talked with people across Appalachia, at the Standing Rock and Wind River reservations, and in the bustling city of Oakland, California. Their voices offer a wide range of experiences that complicate dominant national narratives about economic struggles. Yet Living on the Edge is about more than individual experiences. It's about a nation in a deep economic and moral crisis. It’s about the long-standing collusion between government and corporations that prioritizes profits over people, over the environment, and over the nation's well-being. It's about how racism, sexism, violence, and the pandemic shape daily experience in struggling communities. And, ultimately, it's a book about hope that lays out a vision for the future as honest as it is ambitious. Most people in the book are not progressives; none are radicals. They're hard-working people who know from experience that the current system is unsustainable. Across the country people described the need for a living wage, accessible health care, immigration reform, and free education. Their voices are worth listening to. |
| Imprint Name: | Polity Press |
| Publisher Name: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-24 |
