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" Work and Idleness : "
edited by Jane Wheelock, John Vail.
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BL
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722823
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b542535
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edited by Jane Wheelock, John Vail.
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Work and Idleness : : the Political Economy of Full Employment\ edited by Jane Wheelock, John Vail.
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1998
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Recent Economic Thought Series, 66
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1(XV, 329 Seiten)
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940105889X
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: 9401143978
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: 9789401058896
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: 9789401143974
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Introduction. 1. A Feasible Capitalist Response to a Changing Political Economy; J. Wheelock, J. Vail. Part I: Theories of Full Employment. 2. A Keynesian View of the Redistribution of Work; J. Wells. 3. Neo-Classical Perspectives on Unemployment and Labour Supply: the Macro Environment and Micro Responses; T. Barmby, M. Robson. 4. Whose Full Employment? A Feminist Perspective on Work Redistribution; I. Bruegel, et al. 5. A Green Approach to Work and Idleness; C. Sanne. Part II: Who Needs Work? 6. Crap Jobs, `Govy' Schemes and Trainspotting: Reassessing the Youth, Employment and Idleness Debate; R. Hollands. 7. Managing the End of Occupational Life; G. Reday-Mulvey. 8. Working Opportunities for Disabled People; N. Lunt, P. Thornton. 9. Reducing the Burden of Work on Women? R. Woodward. Part III: Blueprints for Action. 10. The US Model: The Wages of Inequality; J. Bernstein, et al. 11. `The Cult of Training'; Unemployment and Capitalist Employment Policy; G. Albo. 12. Redistributing Work: The Role of the Welfare State; D. Purdy. 13. Working Time in Europe: Current Trends; G. Fajertag. 14. Social Labour and Democratic Capital: The Margins or the Main-Stream? H. Wainwright, P. Gosling. 15. The Feasible Utopia of a Redistribution of Work: Radical Alternatives for Full Employment; J. Vail. Bibliography. Index.
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Work and Idleness develops the view that redistributing employment is a `feasible capitalist' solution, not just to the unemployment which particular groups suffer, but also to the work that others have to contend with, including many women.
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Economics.
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Labor economics.
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Microeconomics.
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HD5706.E358 1998
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Jane Wheelock
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John Vail
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