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The Causes of Structural Unemployment: Four Factors That Keep People from the Jobs They Deserve (Work & Society)
Thomas Janoski
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Description for The Causes of Structural Unemployment: Four Factors That Keep People from the Jobs They Deserve (Work & Society)
Hardcover. There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and though corporate profits have picked up after the Great Recession of 2008, jobs have not. It is possible that jobless recoveries could become a permanent feature of Western economies. Series: Work & Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and though corporate profits have picked up after the Great Recession of 2008, jobs have not. It is possible that “jobless recoveries” could become a permanent feature of Western economies.
This illuminating book focuses on the employment futures of advanced industrial countries, providing readers with the sociological imagination to appreciate the bigger picture of where workers fit in the new international division of labor. The authors piece together a puzzle that reveals deep structural forces underlying unemployment: ... Read more
There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and though corporate profits have picked up after the Great Recession of 2008, jobs have not. It is possible that “jobless recoveries” could become a permanent feature of Western economies.
This illuminating book focuses on the employment futures of advanced industrial countries, providing readers with the sociological imagination to appreciate the bigger picture of where workers fit in the new international division of labor. The authors piece together a puzzle that reveals deep structural forces underlying unemployment: ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Work & Society
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745670270
SKU
V9780745670270
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About Thomas Janoski
Thomas Janoski is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky Christopher Oliver is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Kentucky David Luke is Research Assistant at the University of Kentucky
Reviews for The Causes of Structural Unemployment: Four Factors That Keep People from the Jobs They Deserve (Work & Society)
''The authors deftly integrate sociological, political, and economic perspectives to highlight the major changes in the structure of labor markets that are responsible for the upsurge in the structural unemployment and economic inequality that haunt the contemporary United States.'' Arne L. Kalleberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ''The Causes of Structural Unemployment is a comprehensive look ... Read more