Bibliograph

Bureaucratic manoeuvres, the contested administration of the unemployed, John Grundy

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Label

Bureaucratic manoeuvres, the contested administration of the unemployed, John Grundy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [129]-155) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bureaucratic manoeuvres

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1065944433

Responsibility statement

John Grundy

Series statement

Studies in comparative political economy and public policy, 56

Sub title

the contested administration of the unemployed

Summary

"In Bureaucratic Manoeuvres, John Grundy examines profound transformations in the governance of unemployment in Canada. While policy makers previously approached unemployment as a social and economic problem to be addressed through macroeconomic policies, recent labour market policy reforms have placed much more emphasis on the supposedly deficient employability of the unemployed themselves, a troubling shift that deserves close, critical attention. Tracing a behind-the-scenes history of public employment services in Canada, Bureaucratic Manoeuvres shows just how difficult it has been for administrators and frontline staff to govern unemployment as a problem of individual employability. Drawing on untapped government records, it sheds much-needed light on internal bureaucratic struggles over the direction of labour market policy in Canada and makes a key contribution to Canadian political science, economics, public administration, and sociology."--, Provided by publisher

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