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Cultures of unemployment : a comparative look at long-term unemployment and urban poverty / Godfried Engbersen ... [et al.].

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Engbersen, Godfried, 1958-
Series:
Political cultures.
Political cultures
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Unemployment--Cross-cultural studies.
Unemployment.
Poverty--Cross-cultural studies.
Poverty.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (293 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2006.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
...an extraordinarily rich and detailed study of the social and economic life of unemployed and poor households. Michael Sherraden in Social Work
Contents:
Contents; Tables and Figure; Foreword; Part One: Introduction; Ch. 1: Cultures of the Welfare State; Ch. 2: The Central Issues of the Study; Part Two: Empirical Study; Ch. 3: A Jobless Market; Ch. 4: Making Ends Meet; Ch. 5: Dealing with Time; Ch. 6: Looking for a Job; Ch. 7: The Perceptions of Rights and Obligations; Part Three: Analysis and Comparisons; Ch. 8: Cultures of Unemployment; Ch. 9: Homo Calculans and Homo Honoris; Ch. 10: A Profile of Urban Poverty; Appendixes; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; About the book and the authors; Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-281-97896-5
9786611978969
90-485-0402-3
OCLC:
659392332

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