Differences that matter : social policy and the working poor in the United States and Canada /
Dan Zuberi.
- Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2006.
- xiv, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index.
Poverty and policy in the United States and Canada -- The story and the setting -- The union difference -- Health-care differences -- Social welfare policy differences -- Public investment and city-level differences -- Subjective perceptions and future outlook -- Improving the lives of the working poor.
Poverty--Government policy--United States. Poverty--Government policy--Canada. Working poor--United States. Working poor--Canada. Public welfare--United States. Public welfare--Canada.
United States--Social policy. Canada--Social policy.