Routledge Library Editions: Work & Society

Omtale

Originally published between 1923 and 1989, the 21 volumes in this set examine the politics, economics, sociology and psychology of (un)employment during the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries, including during the periods of recession in the 1930s and 1980s. The volumes: · Provide information on the day-to-day experiences of dealing with offenders at a time of high unemployment and the related policy implications. · Discuss the place of black youth amongst the unemployed in the UK. · Examine company provision of welfare in the century preceding the Second World War. · Cover important, but frequently neglected, areas of 18th Century industry as health, apprenticeship and industrial crime · Illuminate many crucial wage and employment issues · Examine the connections between unemployment and street violence.