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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McLaughlin, Eithne, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unemployment--Great Britain--Congresses.

Unemployment.

Full employment policies--Great Britain--Congresses.

Full employment policies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781134899531

113489953X

9780203309964

0203309960

9781280330155

1280330155

9780203061459

0203061454

9781134899548

1134899548

OCLC:

264512534