Zuberi, Dan.

Differences that matter : social policy and the working poor in the United States and Canada / Dan Zuberi. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006. - xiv, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references 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.

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Poverty--Government policy--United States.
Poverty--Government policy--Canada.
Working poor--United States.
Working poor--Canada.
Social policy--United States.
Social policy--Canada.
Public welfare--United States.
Public welfare--Canada.

HC110.P6 / Z83 2006

362.5/5610973