Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource Working scared (or not at all) : the lost decade, great recession, and restoring the shattered American dream, Carl E. Van Horn

Working scared (or not at all) : the lost decade, great recession, and restoring the shattered American dream, Carl E. Van Horn

Creator
Summary
"Work Scared draws on nearly twenty-five thousand interviews with employed and unemployed Americans conducted from 1998 to 2012. These voices of American workers tell a compelling story about wrenching structural changes and recessions during one of the most volatile periods in U.S. economic history. This book represents one of the most comprehensive social science research portraits of the views of American workers about their jobs, the workplace, and government's role in the labor market. Working Sacred will help citizens, policy makers, educators, businesses, unions, and community leaders betters understand what is happening to the U.S. workforce. It also describes the essential national priorities and policies that will assist frustrated, angry, and scared American workers and the reforms that will help restore the American dream of secure employment and intergenerational progress."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xvi, 195 pages
Contents
  • Working scared in America and the great recession : the "Hurricane Katrina" of recessions
  • The sudden collapse and painful aftermath
  • Did unemployed workers recover?
  • A silent mental health epidemic
  • Bitter legacies
  • Is the American worker disposable? : what happened to the employer/employee compact?
  • Four forces downsizing the American worker
  • Education and training gaps
  • Transforming American attitudes
  • New American workplace realities : Declining satisfaction at work
  • The work-family imbalance
  • Learning at work
  • An unhealthy insurance trend
  • A workplace divided
  • A workforce in transition
  • Misery and bleak expectations for older unemployed workers : Last fired, never rehired
  • The devastating consequences of long-term unemployment
  • Ending retirement as we knew it
  • What older workers need
  • Not so golden years
  • Unfulfilled expectations for recent college and high school graduates : Hit hard by the Great Recession
  • More grinders than slackers
  • Are high school and college graduates prepared for work?
  • Does education serve the needs of employers? How much should it?
  • Next-generation education reforms
  • Unfinished business: recovering from the Great Recession : Bold actions battle the financial crisis
  • A painfully slow recovery yields disappointment
  • Policy gridlock
  • Election-year policy and politics
  • Frustration and protest
  • Digging out of the ditch
  • Bolster and refocus the workforce development system
  • Shifting to top gear
  • Restoring the shattered dreams of American workers : A new workforce paradigm
  • Assumptions, expectations, and hopes
  • Four national priorities
  • Restoring balance and shared sacrifice to achieve greater prosperity
  • Appendix: Work trends: Americans' attitudes about work, employers, and government, 1998-2012
Isbn
9781442219663
Instance
Label
Working scared (or not at all) : the lost decade, great recession, and restoring the shattered American dream
Title
Working scared (or not at all)
Title remainder
the lost decade, great recession, and restoring the shattered American dream
Statement of responsibility
Carl E. Van Horn
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Work Scared draws on nearly twenty-five thousand interviews with employed and unemployed Americans conducted from 1998 to 2012. These voices of American workers tell a compelling story about wrenching structural changes and recessions during one of the most volatile periods in U.S. economic history. This book represents one of the most comprehensive social science research portraits of the views of American workers about their jobs, the workplace, and government's role in the labor market. Working Sacred will help citizens, policy makers, educators, businesses, unions, and community leaders betters understand what is happening to the U.S. workforce. It also describes the essential national priorities and policies that will assist frustrated, angry, and scared American workers and the reforms that will help restore the American dream of secure employment and intergenerational progress."--Jacket
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Van Horn, Carl E
Dewey number
331.10973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HD5724
LC item number
.V358 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Unemployment
  • Labor market
  • Recessions
  • United States
  • United States
  • Economic history
  • Economic policy
  • Labor market
  • Recessions
  • Unemployment
  • United States
  • Arbeitslosigkeit
  • Wirtschaftskrise
Label
Working scared (or not at all) : the lost decade, great recession, and restoring the shattered American dream, Carl E. Van Horn
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Working scared in America and the great recession : the "Hurricane Katrina" of recessions -- The sudden collapse and painful aftermath -- Did unemployed workers recover? -- A silent mental health epidemic -- Bitter legacies -- Is the American worker disposable? : what happened to the employer/employee compact? -- Four forces downsizing the American worker -- Education and training gaps -- Transforming American attitudes -- New American workplace realities : Declining satisfaction at work -- The work-family imbalance -- Learning at work -- An unhealthy insurance trend -- A workplace divided -- A workforce in transition -- Misery and bleak expectations for older unemployed workers : Last fired, never rehired -- The devastating consequences of long-term unemployment -- Ending retirement as we knew it -- What older workers need -- Not so golden years -- Unfulfilled expectations for recent college and high school graduates : Hit hard by the Great Recession -- More grinders than slackers -- Are high school and college graduates prepared for work? -- Does education serve the needs of employers? How much should it? -- Next-generation education reforms -- Unfinished business: recovering from the Great Recession : Bold actions battle the financial crisis -- A painfully slow recovery yields disappointment -- Policy gridlock -- Election-year policy and politics -- Frustration and protest -- Digging out of the ditch -- Bolster and refocus the workforce development system -- Shifting to top gear -- Restoring the shattered dreams of American workers : A new workforce paradigm -- Assumptions, expectations, and hopes -- Four national priorities -- Restoring balance and shared sacrifice to achieve greater prosperity -- Appendix: Work trends: Americans' attitudes about work, employers, and government, 1998-2012
Control code
ocn811600975
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xvi, 195 pages
Isbn
9781442219663
Lccn
2012043127
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40022156675
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781442219656
  • (OCoLC)811600975
Label
Working scared (or not at all) : the lost decade, great recession, and restoring the shattered American dream, Carl E. Van Horn
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Working scared in America and the great recession : the "Hurricane Katrina" of recessions -- The sudden collapse and painful aftermath -- Did unemployed workers recover? -- A silent mental health epidemic -- Bitter legacies -- Is the American worker disposable? : what happened to the employer/employee compact? -- Four forces downsizing the American worker -- Education and training gaps -- Transforming American attitudes -- New American workplace realities : Declining satisfaction at work -- The work-family imbalance -- Learning at work -- An unhealthy insurance trend -- A workplace divided -- A workforce in transition -- Misery and bleak expectations for older unemployed workers : Last fired, never rehired -- The devastating consequences of long-term unemployment -- Ending retirement as we knew it -- What older workers need -- Not so golden years -- Unfulfilled expectations for recent college and high school graduates : Hit hard by the Great Recession -- More grinders than slackers -- Are high school and college graduates prepared for work? -- Does education serve the needs of employers? How much should it? -- Next-generation education reforms -- Unfinished business: recovering from the Great Recession : Bold actions battle the financial crisis -- A painfully slow recovery yields disappointment -- Policy gridlock -- Election-year policy and politics -- Frustration and protest -- Digging out of the ditch -- Bolster and refocus the workforce development system -- Shifting to top gear -- Restoring the shattered dreams of American workers : A new workforce paradigm -- Assumptions, expectations, and hopes -- Four national priorities -- Restoring balance and shared sacrifice to achieve greater prosperity -- Appendix: Work trends: Americans' attitudes about work, employers, and government, 1998-2012
Control code
ocn811600975
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xvi, 195 pages
Isbn
9781442219663
Lccn
2012043127
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40022156675
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781442219656
  • (OCoLC)811600975

Subject

Library Locations

    • Waubonsee: Sugar Grove Campus - Todd LibraryBorrow it
      Collins Hall 2nd Floor Waubonsee Community College Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive, Sugar Grove, IL, 60554-9454, US
      41.7974000 -88.45785

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Waubonsee Community College. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.
Processing Feedback ...