200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1986. This book analyses, at an introductory level, the four main and competing political interpretations of the cause of unemployment and the future of paid work – social democracy, free market liberalism, the disciplinary state, and utopian socialism. Considered together these four interpretations are highly revealing – and challenging. They raise considerable doubts about... Read more
Preface; Introduction: Rethinking the Employment Society; 1. The Development of a Full Employment Consensus 2. The Social Democratic Vision 3. The Era of Full Employment: From Attlee to Callaghan 4. The Disciplinary State 5. The Strong State and the Free Market 6. Populist Conservatism and Jobless Growth 7. Reagan’s Disguised Keynesianism 8. Labour’s Nostalgia for Full Employment 9. Beyond the Employment Society; Bibliography; Index
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John Keane, John Owens
