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Unemployment and Government

William Walters
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      While joblessness is by no means a phenomenon specific to this century, the concept of 'unemployment' is. This book follows the invention and transformation of unemployment, understood as a historically specific site of regulation. Taking key aspects of the history of unemployment in Britain as its focus, it argues that the ways in which authorities have defined and sought to manage the jobless have been remarkably varied. In tracing some of the different constructions of unemployment over the last 100 years - as a problem of 'character', as a social 'risk', or today, as a problem of 'skills' - the study highlights the discursive dimension of social and economic policy problems. The book examines such institutionalized practices as the labour bureau, unemployment insurance, and the 'New Deal' as 'technologies' of power. The result is a challenge to our thinking about welfare states.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: William Walters EAN: 9780521643337 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 551 g HEIGHT: 236 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-04-26 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

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      Poverty and precarity, Labour / income economics

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      While joblessness is by no means a phenomenon specific to this century, the concept of 'unemployment' is. This book follows the invention and transformation of unemployment, understood as a historically specific site of regulation. Taking key aspects of the history of unemployment in Britain as its focus, it argues that the ways in which authorities have defined and sought to manage the jobless have been remarkably varied. In tracing some of the different constructions of unemployment over the last 100 years - as a problem of 'character', as a social 'risk', or today, as a problem of 'skills' - the study highlights the discursive dimension of social and economic policy problems. The book examines such institutionalized practices as the labour bureau, unemployment insurance, and the 'New Deal' as 'technologies' of power. The result is a challenge to our thinking about welfare states.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: William Walters EAN: 9780521643337 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 551 g HEIGHT: 236 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-04-26 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

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      Poverty and precarity, Labour / income economics

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