Title Cultures of unemployment : a comparative look at long-term unemployment and urban poverty / Godfried Engbersen [and others].

Publication Info.	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2006]
	©2006

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Description	1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Political cultures
	Political cultures.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Tables and Figure; Foreword; Part One: Introduction; Ch. 1: Cultures of the Welfare State; Ch. 2: The Central Issues of the Study; Part Two: Empirical Study; Ch. 3: A Jobless Market; Ch. 4: Making Ends Meet; Ch. 5: Dealing with Time; Ch. 6: Looking for a Job; Ch. 7: The Perceptions of Rights and Obligations; Part Three: Analysis and Comparisons; Ch. 8: Cultures of Unemployment; Ch. 9: Homo Calculans and Homo Honoris; Ch. 10: A Profile of Urban Poverty; Appendixes; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; About the book and the authors; Index.
Summary	... An extraordinarily rich and detailed study of the social and economic life of unemployed and poor households. Michael Sherraden in Social Work.
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Subject	Unemployment -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Unemployment.
Genre/Form	Cross-cultural studies.
Subject	Poverty -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Poverty.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Engbersen, Godfried, 1958-
Other Form:	Print version: Cultures of Unemployment. Amsterdam Univ Pr 2006 9789053568460 (OCoLC)144516004
ISBN	9789048504022 electronic book
	9048504023 electronic book
	9789053568460
	9053568468
	9789085552314
	9085552311