Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 530 g
A Comparative Look at Long-Term Unemployment and Urban Poverty
Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 530 g
ISBN: 978-0-367-16126-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
This book presents survey data to devise a framework for a better understanding of the effects of welfare state policy on the chronically unemployed. It analyzes the personal and political worlds behind the social mechanisms behind the welfare state.
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Foreword -- Introduction -- Cultures of the Welfare State -- The Central Issues of the Study -- Empirical Study -- A Jobless Market -- Making Ends Meet -- Dealing with Time -- Looking for a Job -- The Perception of Rights and Obligations -- Analysis and Comparisons -- Cultures of Unemployment -- Homo Calculans and Homo Honoris -- A Profile of Urban Poverty -- Unemployment and the Labor Market -- Fieldwork and Data Processing -- Descriptions of the Three Research Locations -- Dutch and American Incomes Compared -- Tables from Chapter 8 (except for Table 8.1)
