Cultures of Unemployment: A Comparative Look at Long-Term Unemployment and Urban Poverty by Frans van Waarden
types of unemployed| Reactions to unemployment|Dutch welfare state,|urban labour markets|unintended consequences|cultural analysis
Cultures of Unemployment
Cultures of Unemployment
Summary
- an extraordinarily rich and detailed study of the social and economic life of unemployed and poor households. Michael Sherraden in Social Work
Cultures of Unemployment Summary
Cultures of Unemployment Reviews
-(The authors) brilliantly position the problems of increasing joblessness and poverty in the Netherlands within the international and American debates on urban poverty and welfare state regimes Cultures of Unemployment is the most significant study to date on the new poverty in Europe and its consequences for the future. [-]William Julius Wilson, from the Foreword - - an extraordinarily rich and detailed study of the social and economic life of unemployed and poor households. Michael Sherraden in Social Work
About Frans van Waarden
Frans van Waarden is professor of policy and organization at the University of Utrecht.|Jaap Timmer is associate professor of police and safety studies at the Free University of Amsterdam.|Godfried Engbersen is professor of sociology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.|Kees Schuyt is professor emeritus in sociology at the University of Amsterdam and Leiden and since 2005 member of the Council of State at The Hague.
Table of Contents
Contents[-] - 10[-]Tables and Figure - 14[-]Foreword[-] - 16[-]Part One: Introduction[-] - 20[-]Ch. 1: Cultures of the Welfare State[-] - 22[-]Ch. 2: The Central Issues of the Study[-] - 58[-]Part Two: Empirical Study[-] - 70[-]Ch. 3: A Jobless Market[-] - 72[-]Ch. 4: Making Ends Meet[-] - 86[-]Ch. 5: Dealing with Time[-] - 106[-]Ch. 6: Looking for a Job[-] - 124[-]Ch. 7: The Perceptions of Rights and Obligations[-] - 146[-]Part Three: Analysis and Comparisons[-] - 166[-]Ch. 8: Cultures of Unemployment[-] - 168[-]Ch. 9: Homo Calculans and Homo Honoris[-] - 200[-]Ch. 10: A Profile of Urban Poverty[-] - 218[-]Appendixes[-] - 246[-]Acknowledgements[-] - 266[-]Bibliography[-] - 268[-]About the book and the authors[-] - 282[-]Index[-] - 284
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NLS9789053568460
9789053568460
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Cultures of Unemployment: A Comparative Look at Long-Term Unemployment and Urban Poverty by Frans van Waarden
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Amsterdam University Press
2006-05-24
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