Unemployment and Government: Genealogies of the Social (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Unemployment and Government: Genealogies of the Social (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society) Book

This book follows the invention and transformation of unemployment, understood as a historically specific site of regulation. Taking key aspects of the history of unemployment in Britain as its focus, it argues that the ways in which authorities have defined and sought to manage the jobless have been remarkably varied. The book examines such institutionalized practices as the labour bureau, unemployment insurance, and the present 'New Deal' as 'technologies' of power. The result is a challenge to our thinking about welfare states.Read More

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  • 0521643333
  • 9780521643337
  • William Walters
  • 26 April 2000
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 208
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