Supporting the Jobless - Doctors, Clergy, Police, Probation Officers

First published in 1990, Supporting the Jobless reveals through a sensitive portrait of professional helpers' lives and dilemmas, the sense of crisis that they feel in the face of unemployment. It covers four professions-medicine, specifically general practice; clergy; police; and probation service.

List of contents

Preface 1. Who cares? 2. Doctors 3. Clergy 4. Police 5. Probation officers 6. The professional eye

About the author

Stephen Fineman is Professor Emeritus at the School of Management, University of Bath, UK. He has a long and distinguished reputation in the field of organizational behaviour. He has authored many books and articles on unemployment and the helping professionals.

Summary

First published in 1990, Supporting the Jobless reveals through a sensitive portrait of professional helpers’ lives and dilemmas, the sense of crisis that they feel in the face of unemployment. It covers four professions—medicine, specifically general practice; clergy; police; and probation service.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Fineman, Fineman Stephen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032960777
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3296077-7
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Poverty & unemployment, Social, group or collective psychology, Social discrimination & inequality, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, Poverty and precarity, Social discrimination and social justice