Unemployment and Government: Genealogies of the Social

by William Walters and William Walters

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521643333
• ISBN13: 9780521643337
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"