Unemployment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077127 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Boland (0000-0003-4947-9430, University College Cork), Ray Griffin (0000-0003-4580-7310, South East Technological University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosu002.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4389038451 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Initially, “unemployment” described the situation of workers who could not find a job because of economic dislocations or redundancy. The phrase was quickly taken up in social policy as a key focus of the welfare state. As unemployment has become the focus of sociological investigation, it has incrementally come to be understood as a social situation – structured by the institution of work, shaped by governmental policies, and interpreted culturally
Economic growth · Economics · Focus (optics · Institution · Labour economics · Phrase · Political science · Politics · Redundancy (engineering · Social science · Sociology · Unemployment · Welfare · Welfare state · Work (physics · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Artificial Intelligence
Unemployment
Dealing with Welfare Conditionality
Naming the ideological reflexively
Marienthal
The Reformation of Welfare
Specters of Goffman
Unemployment and mental health
Low road or high road? The post-crisis trajectory of Irish activation
Shame on Us
The Invention of the “Underclass
Chatting Shit' in the Jobcentre
Re-Thinking Unemployment
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |