Work to welfare : how men become detached from the labour market / / Pete Alcock [and others] [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Alcock Peter <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 291 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 331.12/0941
• Soggetto topico: Men - Employment - Great Britain; Unemployment - Great Britain; Work - Psychological aspects; Labor policy - Great Britain; Public welfare - Great Britain
• Altri autori: AlcockPeter <1951->
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-283) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The context for labour market detachment. The UK labour market / Sue Yeandle ; The international context / Sue Yeandle ; The benefits system / Pete Alcock -- pt. 2. New evidence from the UK. The detached male workforce / Christina Beatty and Stephen Fothergill ; The over 50s / Christina Beatty and Stephen Fothergill -- Family, life course and labour market detachment / Sue Yeandle ; The role of health in labour market detachment / Sue Yeandle and Rob MacMillan ; Getting by / Rob MacMillan ; Back to work? / Stephen Fothergill and Rob MacMillan -- pt. 3. The policy implications. New roles, new deal / Pete Alcock [and others].
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a new perspective on joblessness among men. During the last twenty years vast numbers of men of working age have moved completely out of the labour market into 'early retirement' or 'long-term sickness' and to take on new roles in the household. These trends stand in stark contrast to rising labour market participation among women. Based on an unprecedented range of new research on the detached male workforce in the UK, and located within an international context, the book offers a detailed exploration of the varied financial, family and health circumstances 'detached men' are living in. It also challenges conventional assumptions about the boundaries between unemployment, sickness and retirement and the true health of the labour market. Work to Welfare represents an important contribution to debates about the labour market and benefit systems and will be of interest to readers and practitioners in social policy, economics and geography.
• Titolo autorizzato: Work to welfare
• ISBN: 1-107-12308-9; 1-280-41827-3; 1-139-14715-3; 0-511-17696-1; 0-511-06349-0; 0-511-05716-4; 0-511-30472-2; 0-511-48895-5; 0-511-07195-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828648103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II