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Unemployment and Government: Genealogies of the Social

Unemployment and Government: Genealogies of the Social

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

LaborGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0521643333
ISBN13: 9780521643337
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 26 2000
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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 labor bureau, unemployment insurance, and the present New Deal as technologies of power. The result is a challenge to our thinking about welfare states.

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