Getting By: Economic Rights and Legal Protections for People with Low Income
- ISBN-10
- 0199974934
- ISBN-13
- 9780199974931
- Series
- Getting By
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-10-29
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Helen Hershkoff, Stephen Loffredo
Description
Getting By offers an integrated, critical account of the federal laws and programs that most directly affect poor and low-income people in the United States-the unemployed, the underemployed, and the low-wage employed, whether working in or outside the home. The central aim is to provide a resource for individuals and groups trying to access benefits, secure rights and protections, and mobilize for economic justice. The topics covered include cash assistance, employment and labor rights, food assistance, health care, education, consumer and banking law, housing assistance, rights in public places, access to justice, and voting rights. This comprehensive volume is appropriate for law school and undergraduate courses, and is a vital resource for policy makers, journalists, and others interested in social welfare policy in the United States.
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