كتاب
Public Workers in Service of America ; A Reader
| العنوان: | Public Workers in Service of America ; A Reader |
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| المؤلفون: | McCartin, Joseph A., Boris, Eileen |
| المساهمون: | Gooding Jr., Frederick W., Yellin, Eric S. |
| المصدر: | ISBN 9780252045172 9780252054549. |
| بيانات النشر: | University of Illinois Press |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| الوصف: | This edited volume on public workers in the twentieth-century United States brings together cutting-edge research on a sector that has shaped both American labor and the American state. The book defines public workers as civilian employees of county, municipal, state, and federal governments. Such workers run the gamut from white-collar civil servants to laborers in government factors, from public school teachers to police officers, from sanitation workers to nurses. The history of public work reflects long-standing conflicts in the United States over the nature and goals of governing, the relationship between public good and private gain, and the rights of American workers individually and collectively. The essays in this volume seek not only to define public work but also to introduce readers to public workers themselves: Who has worked in the public sector, and what has motivated them to take these jobs? What kinds of work have they done? How have they organized themselves--informally and in unions--to demand higher pay, decent working conditions, and the ability to meet the needs of the public they serve? The answers to these questions, this book shows, depend on time and place, with public workers responding not just to their work conditions but also to changes in American life over the twentieth century. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-252-04517-2 978-0-252-05454-9 0-252-04517-3 0-252-05454-7 |
| DOI: | 10.5622/illinois/9780252045172.001.0001 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252045172.001.0001Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.F8F16A8A |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| ردمك: | 9780252045172 9780252054549 0252045173 0252054547 |
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| DOI: | 10.5622/illinois/9780252045172.001.0001 |