Trapped in Poverty?: Labour-Market Decisions in Low-Income Households

ISBN-13: 9780415068673 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 360 str.

Bill Jordan; Simon James; Helen Kay

Opis

The advent of the enterprise culture over the last two decades, has drastically reshaped the welfare state of the 1950-60s. The authors address one of the most contentious issues to arise from these changes - how those with low-earning power should live in this post-industrial economy? Trapped in Poverty provides a detailed study of how men and women, with children, and in low-income households, decide about employment and claiming benefits. It shows how they account for their moves in and out of the labour market, relating such changes to various economic and social factors. It also considers the gender divisions of these decisions. Based on an extensive case study of a single town, Trapped in Poverty draws its information directly from the people involved, thereby showing how the poor view themselves and their relationship with the community. Focusing on one deprived neighbourhood, the authors investigated changes between employment, unemployment and self-employment in a fragmented, casualized labour market.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Contested territory; Chapter 3 The study, the people and the methods; Chapter 4 The ‘breadwinners’; Chapter 5 ‘Fitting it all in’; Chapter 6 Joint decision-making?; Chapter 7 Community, kinship and housing; Chapter 8 Lone-parent households; Chapter 9 Conclusions: trapped in poverty?;

O autorze

Bill Jordan Reader in Social Studies at Sheffield University., Simon James Senior Lecturer in Economics at Exeter University., Helen Kay Researcher for the Scottish Office., Marcus Redley Research Assistant at Exeter University.