The Political Economy of Unemployment

by Thomas Janoski

This comprehensive and instructive study examines the relative success or failure of government policies in preventing and alleviating unemployment. Choosing two contrasting cases--West Germany and the United States--Thomas Janoski probes the causes and consequences of two very different orientations toward labor market policy. In West Germany, labor, employers, and government cooperate in the running of a powerful and effective employment service...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520302184
• ISBN13: 9780520302181
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"