Low Waged Work, Social Reproduction and the Promises/Perils of Participatory Budgeting

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Published on Saturday, 09 July 2016 22:00

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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 18 March 2016

Alternate Routes conference:
Low Waged Work, Social Reproduction and the Promises/Perils of Participatory Budgeting

Earlier this year, the journal Alternate Routes organized a conference on the theme "Sub/Urbanizing Austerity: Impacts and Alternatives." The following presentation is from panel three of the conference: "Low Waged Work, Social Reproduction and the Promises/Perils of Participatory Budgeting."

Moderated by John Shields. Presentations by:

• Meg Luxton and Patricia McDermott, York University: “Low Wage Employment, Living in Toronto and the Crisis of Social Reproduction”
• Bryan Evans, Ryerson University: “Resisting the Expansion of Low Waged Work: A Comparative Survey of Living Wage Movements in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States”
• Laura Pin, York University: “Participatory Budgeting Projects and Neoliberal Urban Governance”

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