Work to Welfare - How Men Become Detached From the Labour Market

Informationen zum Autor Pete Alcock is Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham. He has published extensively on poverty, social exclusion and the benefits system. Christina Beatty is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University and a statistician by background. Stephen Fothergill is a Professor at CRESR and an economist by background. He has published extensively on urban and regional problems in the UK. Rob MacMillan is a researcher in the Department of Geography, Durham University. He was previously a researcher at CRESR. Sue Yeandle is a Professor of Sociology at CRESR and the School of Social Science and Law, Sheffield Hallam University. She has published extensively on work, employment and the family. Klappentext Explores issues relating to the rapidly increasing number of men detached from the labour market. Zusammenfassung In recent years vast numbers of men have moved completely out of the labour market into 'early retirement' or 'long-term sickness' and taken on new roles in the household. Based on new research the book explores the varied circumstances they are living in and challenges assumptions about the labour market. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. The Context for Labour Market Detachment: 1. The UK labour market; 2. The international context; 3. The benefits system; Part II. New Evidence from the UK: 4. The detached male workforce; 5. Incapacity benefit and unemployment; 6. The over 50s; 7. Family! life course and labour market detachment; 8. The role of health in labour market detachment; 9. Getting by; 10. Back to work?; Part III. The Policy Implications: 11. New roles! new deal; Appendix: Research methodology.

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• Authors: Pete Alcock, Pete (University of Birmingham) Alcock, Pete (University of Birmingham) Beatty Alcock, Pete Beatty Alcock, Peter Alcock, Peter Beatty Alcock, Alcock Pete, Christina Beatty, Christina (Sheffield Hallam University) Beatty, Beatty Christina, Stephen Fothergill, Stephen (Sheffield Hallam University) Fothergill, Fothergill Stephen, Rob (University of Durham) MacMillan, MacMillan Rob, Sue (Sheffield Hallam University) Yeandle, Yeandle Sue
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.01.2003
• EAN: 9780521802499
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80249-9
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Labour / income economics, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Employment & Unemployment