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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957276103321

Titolo

Understanding unemployment : new perspectives on active labour market policies / / edited by Eithne McLaughlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

9781134899531

113489953X

9780203309964

0203309960

9781280330155

1280330155

9780203061459

0203061454

9781134899548

1134899548

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McLaughlinEithne <1959->

Disciplina

331.13

331.137941

Soggetti

Unemployment - Great Britain

Full employment policies - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; UNDERSTANDING UNEMPLOYMENT; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 TOWARDS ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES: AN OVERVIEW; 2 LABOUR SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN THE NINETIES; 3 AN ECONOMY OF UNEMPLOYMENT?; 4 UNEMPLOYMENT RISKS; 5 THE ROLE OF EMPLOYERS IN THE LABOUR MARKET; 6 PSYCHOLOGICAL OR MATERIAL DEPRIVATION: WHY DOES UNEMPLOYMENT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES?; 7 SOCIAL SECURITY AND LABOUR MARKET POLICY; 8 UNEMPLOYMENT, MARGINAL WORK AND THE BLACK ECONOMY; 9 HIDDEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE LABOUR MARKET



10 REGIONAL AND LOCAL DIFFERENTIALS IN LABOUR DEMAND11 EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR UK POLICIES ON LABOUR SUPPLY ANDDEMAND; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that unemployment is symptomatic of an inherently inefficient labour market founded on structured inequalities of locality, sex, race and age. It provides a multidisciplinary explanation of why unemployment has been a continuing crisis, suitable for students in many disciplines.