{"product_id":"free-labor-john-krinsky-9780226453651","title":"Free Labor: Workfare and the Contested Language of Neoliberalism","description":"One of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's proudest accomplishments is his expansion of the Work Experience Program, which uses welfare recipients to do routine work once done by unionized city workers. The fact that WEP workers are denied the legal status of employees and make far less money and enjoy fewer rights than do city workers has sparked fierce opposition. For antipoverty activists, legal advocates, unions, and other critics of the program this double standard begs a troubling question: are workfare participants workers or welfare recipients? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt times the fight over workfare unfolded as an argument over who had the authority to define these terms, and in \u003ci\u003eFree Labor\u003c\/i\u003e, John Krinsky focuses on changes in the language and organization of the political coalitions on either side of the debate. Krinsky's broadly interdisciplinary analysis draws from interviews, official documents, and media reports to pursue new directions in the study of the cultural and cognitive aspects of political activism. \u003ci\u003eFree Labor\u003c\/i\u003e will instigate a lively dialogue among students of culture, labor and social movements, welfare policy, and urban political economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Krinsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226453650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226453651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"John Krinsky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47036556083455,"sku":"9780226453651","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d15aea5-5177-4317-99f9-96be34f5f605.jpg?v=1752637929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/free-labor-john-krinsky-9780226453651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}