Men Out of Work
A Study of Unemployment in Three English Towns
Cambridge University Press
Published on 9. August 1973
Book
Hardback
204 pages
978-0-521-20281-7 (ISBN)
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Description
This 1973 book reports the first findings of a study of over a thousand unemployed men living in Coventry, Hammersmith and Newcastle upon Tyne in October 1971. It provides evidence on the main characteristics of these men, and particularly upon the relations between these characteristics and length of unemployment. In doing this the book looks at the evidence for those views of unemployment which attribute worklessness either to the inadequacies of individuals or to their reluctance to work. It finds that the most significant characteristics of the long-term unemployed are increasing age, low skill and deficient health, and concludes by relating these to the policies of the 1970s designed to assist men to get work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Weight
447 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-20281-7 (9780521202817)
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M. J. Hill | R. M. Harrison | A. V. Sargeant
Men Out of Work
A Study of Unemployment in Three English Towns
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08/1973
Cambridge University Press
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Additional editions

M. J. Hill | R. M. Harrison | A. V. Sargeant
Men Out of Work
A Study of Unemployment in Three English Towns
Book
08/1973
Cambridge University Press
€43.40
Shipment within 15-20 days
Content
Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The research areas; 3. The main determinants of unemployment length; 4. The backgrounds and circumstances of the unemployed; 5. Attitudes of the unemployed; 6. The main findings: a further examination; 7. Discussion of the findings; Methodological appendix; Bibliography.