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