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Unemployment and government : = genealogies of the social /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Unemployment and government :/ William Walters.
Reminder of title:	genealogies of the social /
remainder title:	Unemployment & Government
Author:	Walters, William,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 195 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Full employment policies - History. - Great Britain -
Subject:	Great Britain - Politics and government - 1997- -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511557798
ISBN:	9780511557798 (ebook)

Unemployment and government : = genealogies of the social /
Walters, William,1964-

Unemployment and government :genealogies of the social /Unemployment & GovernmentWilliam Walters. - 1 online resource (x, 195 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in law and society. - Cambridge studies in law and society..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

The Discovery of Unemployment.1.

While joblessness is by no means a phenomenon specific to this century, the concept of 'unemployment' is. 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. In tracing some of the different constructions of unemployment over the last 100 years - as a problem of 'character', as a social 'risk', or today, as a problem of 'skills' - the study highlights the discursive dimension of social and economic policy problems. The book examines such institutionalized practices as the labour bureau, unemployment insurance, and the 'New Deal' as 'technologies' of power. The result is a challenge to our thinking about welfare states.

ISBN: 9780511557798 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

800276
Full employment policies
--History.--Great BritainSubjects--Geographical Terms:

556459
Great Britain
--Politics and government--1997-

LC Class. No.: HD5765.A6 / W345 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 331.12/042/09410904

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