Work to Welfare
How Men Become Detached from the Labour Market
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- Authors:
- Pete Alcock, University of Birmingham
- Christina Beatty, Sheffield Hallam University
- Stephen Fothergill, Sheffield Hallam University
- Rob MacMillan, University of Durham
- Sue Yeandle, Sheffield Hallam University
- Date Published: March 2003
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521002868
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During the last twenty years vast numbers of working age men have moved completely out of the labor market into "early retirement" or "long-term sickness" and to take on new household roles. These trends contrast greatly to rising labor market participation among women. Based on research in the U.K. presented in an international perspective, this book offers a detailed exploration of the varied circumstances "detached men" are living in and challenges assumptions about the true state of the labor market.
Read more- Radical re-appraisal of nature of work and extent of unemployment among men
- Based on unique in-depth, cross disciplinary reseach
- Major contribution to debates about 'welfare to work' policies in UK and elsewhere
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- Date Published: March 2003
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521002868
- length: 310 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.492kg
- contains: 16 b/w illus. 5 maps 45 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. The Context for Labour Market Detachment:
1. The UK labour market
2. The international context
3. The benefits system
Part II. New Evidence from the UK:
4. The detached male workforce
5. Incapacity benefit and unemployment
6. The over 50s
7. Family, life course and labour market detachment
8. The role of health in labour market detachment
9. Getting by
10. Back to work?
Part III. The Policy Implications:
11. New roles, new deal
Appendix: Research methodology.
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