{"product_id":"the-causes-of-structural-unemployment-four-factors-that-keep-people-from-the-jobs-they-deserve-paperback-softback-9780745670287","title":"The Causes of Structural Unemployment; Four Factors that Keep People from the Jobs they Deserve (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745670287","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Causes of Structural Unemployment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFour Factors that Keep People from the Jobs they Deserve\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Janoski (Author), David Luke (Author), Christopher Oliver (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745670287, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 1.9 cm, 0.313 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e''The authors deftly integrate sociological, political, and economic perspectives to highlight the major changes in the structure of labor markets that are responsible for the upsurge in the structural unemployment and economic inequality that haunt the contemporary United States.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArne L. Kalleberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e''\u003ci\u003eThe Causes of Structural Unemployment\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive look at the causes of long-term structural unemployment in affluent industrialized nations. It combines and illustrates how individual biographies are tied up to larger social and economic processes - how the single-minded focus on shareholder value and market manipulations destroys the labor market for good jobs.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin T. Leicht, University of Iowa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is a well-researched book with detailed references. It successfully links globalisation to the rise of long-term unemployment in the advanced Western countries.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThere is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and though corporate profits have picked up after the Great Recession of 2008, jobs have not. It is possible that “jobless recoveries” could become a permanent feature of Western economies. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This illuminating book focuses on the employment futures of advanced industrial countries, providing readers with the sociological imagination to appreciate the bigger picture of where workers fit in the new international division of labor. The authors piece together a puzzle that reveals deep structural forces underlying unemployment: skills mismatches caused by a shift from manufacturing to service jobs; increased offshoring in search of lower wages; the rise of advanced communication and automated technologies; and the growing financialization of the global economy that aggravates all of these factors. Weaving together varied literatures and data, the authors also consider what actions and policy initiatives societies might take to alleviate these threats. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Addressing a problem that should be front and center for political economists and policymakers, this book will be illuminating reading for students of the sociology of work, labor studies, inequality, and economic sociology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTables, Figures, and Boxes viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Shifting from Manufacturing to Services and Skill Mismatches 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Transnational Corporations Enthralled with Outsourcing and Offshoring 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Technological Change and Job Loss 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Global Trade, Shareholder Value, and Financialization as Structural Causes of Unemployment 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Fixing Structural Unemployment 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Conclusion: Can We Trust Transnational Corporations? 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 223\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407333060888,"sku":"9780745670287","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745670287.jpg?v=1784162850","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-causes-of-structural-unemployment-four-factors-that-keep-people-from-the-jobs-they-deserve-paperback-softback-9780745670287","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}