Actively Seeking Work? - The Politics of Unemployment and Welfare Policy in the United States and Great Britain

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionCh. 1: Work-Welfare in Great Britain and the United StatesCh. 2: "A Permanent Club for the Unemployed"? Establishing Labor Exchanges in Great Britain and the United StatesCh. 3: "Financial Succour for the Unemployed"? The Institutionalization of British and American ExchangesCh. 4: "A Cheap Pool of Forced Labor"? Work-Welfare Training PolicyCh. 5: Breaking the "Spider's Web of Dependency": The Pyrrhic Triumph of Modern Work-WelfareCh. 6: Conclusion: The Politics of InstitutionsAppendix: Comparative Tables on Work-WelfareNotesBibliography

Summary

The liberal political origins of work-welfare programmes and issues of conflicting goals is documented in this text. With examples derived from Great Britain and America, the incorporation of liberal requirements and private market forces in providing opportunities for the unemployed is discussed.

Product details

• Authors: Desmond King, Desmond S. King, King Desmond
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.1995
• EAN: 9780226436227
• ISBN: 978-0-226-43622-7
• No. of pages: 348
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Poverty & unemployment, Labour / income economics, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Poverty and precarity, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems, Employment & Unemployment