Combating Long-Term Unemployment

ISBN-13: 9781032640648 / Twarda / 2023 / 260 str.

Opis

First published in 1989, Combating Long-Term Unemployment seeks to inform debate by analysing policy responses to the problem of long-term unemployment and by focusing on the role of local initiatives in a European context.

Spis treści

List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Introduction 1. Long-term unemployment: the ideological perspective 2. Long-term unemployment: the international perspective 3. The European Commission and long-term unemployment 4. Long-term unemployment: the role of the European Social Fund 5. Poverty, unemployment and the European Community: lessons from experience 6. Local labour-market development and long-term unemployment in the EC countries 7. The role of local employment initiatives in combating long-term unemployment in the European Community 8. Long-term unemployment and locally-based initiatives: West German experience 9. Strategic responses of local authorities in the United Kingdom to long-term unemployment 10. Lessons from Strathclyde’s experience: boosting people’s self-confidence 11. Lessons from Bradford’s experience: the integrated approach 12. National/local relationships in policies towards long-term unemployment 13. Some conclusions Index

O autorze

Edited by Kenneth Dyson