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Work and Idleness :

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Work and Idleness :

[Book]

the Political Economy of Full Employment

edited by Jane Wheelock, John Vail.

Dordrecht

Springer Netherlands

1998

1(XV, 329 Seiten)

Recent Economic Thought Series, 66

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.

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.

Economics.

Labor economics.

Microeconomics.

edited by Jane Wheelock, John Vail.

Jane Wheelock

John Vail

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