Laid Off, Laid Low: Political and Economic Consequences of Employment Insecurity

Edited by Katherine S. Newman

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Paper, 136 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14605-0
$18.00 / £12.50

October, 2008
Cloth, 136 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14604-3
$45.00 / £31.00

Introduction / High Anxiety

Katherine S. Newman

Chapter One

Short(er) Shrift / The Decline in Worker-Firm Attachment in the United States

Henry S. Farber

Chapter Two

Not So Fast / Long-Term Employment in the United States, 1969-2004

Ann Huff Stevens

Chapter Three

Hurt the Worst / The Risk of Unemployment among Disadvantaged and Advantaged Male Workers, 1968-2003

Benjamin J. Keys and Sheldon Danziger

Chapter Four

Rising Angst? / change and Stability in Perceptions of Economic Insecurity

Elisabeth Jacobs and Katherine S. Newman

Chapter Five

Ballot Boxing / Partisan Politics and Labor Market Risks

Philipp Rehm

List of Contributors

Related Subjects

• American History
• American Politics
• Business

Series

• A Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk)

About the Author

Katherine S. Newman is the Forbes Class of 1941 Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, the director of the Joint Doctoral Programs in Sociology, Politics, Psychology, and Social Policy, and the director of the Institute for International and Regional Studies at Princeton University. She is the author of eight books on inequality, poverty, and mobility in American society.

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