Marienthal
The Sociography of an Unemployed Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2553764 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur B Shostak (corresponding author), Arthur Shostak |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 550 |
| Publication date | 1972-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community, Marie Jahoda, 2017 |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2576822 |
| OpenAlex | W2108731318 |
| Language | EN |
One of the main theses of the Marienthal study was that prolonged unemployment leads to a state of apathy in which the victims do not utilize any longer even the few opportunities left to them. The vicious cycle between reduced opportunities and reduced level of aspiration has remained the focus of all subsequent discussions. So begin the opening remarks to the English-language edition of what has become a major classic in the literature of social stratification
Apathy · Demographic economics · Displaced workers · Economic growth · Economics · Focus (optics) · Keynesian economics · Labour economics · Political science · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · State (computer science) · Unemployment · Virtuous circle and vicious circle · Employment and Welfare Studies · Psychology
What is social death
Is Insecurity Worse for Well-being in Turbulent Times? Mental Health in Context
Tertius Dolens
Responsible Scholarship After Leaving the Veranda
Toward a Definition of Mixed Methods Research
Haven’t We Always Been Doing Mixed Methods Research?”
Expanding the History and Range of Mixed Methods Research
Between the Ideal and the Real
The risk of psychological distress among unemployed and underemployed Mexican and Colombian immigrants in the US and in their countries of origin
Economic recession and the mobilization of the unemployed
Workfare – a Blast from the Past? Contemporary Work Conditionality for the Unemployed in Historical Perspective
Survey Research and the Production of Evidence for Social Policy
Ethnomethodological ethnography
Compassionate and egalitarian
Moral economy of flexible production
European citizens in times of crisis
Being dead and being there
Insights about Researching Discouraged Workers
Desempleo y salud mental en la población de origen hispano en Estados Unidos
Where is the study of work in critical IPE
Using household panels to study micro‐social change
Nueve años de hartz iv
The impact of labour market shocks on mental health
Food insecurity in urban New Zealand. The case of the Kopa family
Half a Loaf Is (Not) Better Than None
Meaningful patterns of activity amongst the long‐term inner city unemployed
Building Social Capital
Unemployed Workers, 'Enforced Leisure' and Education for 'The Right Use of Leisure' in Britain in the 1930s
Bias in estimated working hours in time diary research
Time Out and Drop Out
Muppets and gazelles
The place of class
Troubling calls for evidence
Friends in Low Places
Different Exit Routes from Unemployment and their Impact on Mental Well-being
Job loss and its aftermath among managers and professionals
Second Adolescence? The Transition from Paid Employment
Sociology contra government? The contest for the meaning of unemployment in UK policy debates
A follow-up study of longterm effects of unemployment on children
The Un/changing Face of the ≠Khomani
More Than Anyone Bargained For
Not to Be Hungry Is Not Enough
The 2008/09 Economic Crisis
The Economics of Social Interactions
Social Fascism and the Division of the Working Class Movement
Employment, work and the domestic division of labour
Unemployment and mental health
Unemployment, depression, and health
Depression and unemployment
Some questions about “The history of community psychology”
Keeping the Unemployed Healthy
Economic change as a cause of behavioral disorder
Unemployment impairs mental health
Health Research, Qualitative
Happiness and Work
Leisure and Cultural Consumption
Extending the Social Psychology of Racism
Critical participatory action research as public science.
Unemployment and risk of minor psychiatric disorder in young people
A conceptual framework for the study of work and mental health
Health effects of anticipation of job change and non-employment
Do I Hear the Whistle…? A First Attempt to Measure Four Forms of Employee Silence and Their Correlates
The effect of unemployment on mental health
From employment exchange to Jobcentre Plus
Bring the Poor Back In! Inequalities, Welfare and Politics
Survey Article
The social aftermath of economic disaster
Dignity, Esteem, and Social Contribution
The Scar Effects of Unemployment on Electoral Participation
Linked generations
Unemployment, Underemployment, and Mental Health
Labour market disadvantage, political orientations and voting
Toward a Critical Community Psychological Perspective on Unemployment and Mental Health Research
Pathways to Social Exclusion--A Life-Course Study
Seymour B. Sarason Award Address
They call you a dole bludger”
Unemployment
Ten Things We Know about Humanitarian Numbers
Emploi et handicap
Employment and disability
Timing of Immigration Effects Asset Change Among Hispanic Caregivers of Older Family Members
Epilogue
Conclusion and Way Ahead
Social Cohesion
A Need for Religion
Padrões de exclusão e estratégias pessoais1
Industrial automation and intergenerational income mobility in the United States
Impact of layoffs on mortality and physical health in transitional China 1989-2015
Measuring time use in surveys - Concordance of survey and experience sampling measures
Does misery love company? Civic engagement in economic hard times
Intergenerationally penalized? The long-term wage consequences of parental joblessness
Health and Labour Force Participation
On ‘Activation Workers’ Perceptions’
Perceived Social Mobility and Populist Attitudes
Re-Thinking Unemployment
Towards a Sociological Understanding of Mental Well-being Among the Unemployed
Factory Women, Redundancy and the Search for Work
Technical-Professional Unemployment
Economic Reform in the Czech Republic
Religious Attendance Buffers the Impact of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |