Unemployment and the State in Britain

Unemployment and the State in Britain
Author: Stephanie Ward
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2013
Genre: HISTORY
ISBN: 9781781705995

An important and original contribution to understandings of the 1930s. Through a comparative case study of south Wales and the north-east of England, the book explores the impact of the highly controversial means test, the relationship between the unemployed and the government and the nature of some of the largest protests of the interwar period.

Unemployment and the state in Britain

Unemployment and the state in Britain
Author: Stephanie Ward
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2016-05-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526112329

Unemployment and the state in Britain offers an important and original contribution to understandings of the 1930s. Through a comparative case study of south Wales and the north-east of England, the book explores the impact of the highly controversial means test, the relationship between the unemployed and the government and the nature of some of the largest protests of the interwar period. This study will appeal to students and scholars of the depression, social movements, studies of the unemployed, social policy and interwar British society.

Unemployment in Britain Between the Wars

Unemployment in Britain Between the Wars
Author: Stephen Constantine
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2014-07-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317881060

Drawing on a range of contemporary evidence, Stephen Constantine studies the nature and causes of unemployment in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s, and analyzes the failure of successive inter-war governments to make a constructive response.

The State of Working Britain

The State of Working Britain
Author: Paul Gregg
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780719056475

The European Union after Brexit addresses the forces and mechanisms at work during an unprecedented transformation of the European polity. How will the EU operate without one of its key diplomatic and international military partners? What will happen to its priorities, internal balance(s) of power and legislation without the reliably liberal and Eurosceptic United Kingdom? In general, what happens when an 'ever closer union' founded on a virtuous circle of economic, social, and political integration is called into question?Though this volume is largely positive about the future of the EU after Brexit, it suggests that the process of European integration has gone into reverse, with Brexit coming amidst a series of developments that have disrupted the optimistic trajectory of integration. Covering topics such as international trade, freedom of movement, and security relations, this book answers a need for a one-stop source of strong research-based discussions of Brexit.

Unemployment: A Problem of Policy

Unemployment: A Problem of Policy
Author: G. D. N. Worswick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1991-02-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521400341

The high level of unemployment in Britain in the 1980s led many people to believe that it would continue indefinitely, and many arguments were advanced to explain it. After a preliminary examination of the statistics of employment and unemployment in Britain, this 1991 book exposes the major factors determining their trends as a basis for considering the likely developments and policy options. The study covers most of the explanations found in academic debate as well as in popular belief, drawing on a wide range of empirical research, including systematic international comparisons as well as case studies of particular interest. The analysis is carried out under four main headings: structural change; the wage question; macroeconomic policy; and the international dimension. The book concludes with a consideration of the practicability of the different policies which emerge.

The Labour Market in Winter

The Labour Market in Winter
Author: Paul Gregg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2011-01-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019958737X

This book provides an overview of the key issues concerning the performance of the labour market and policy in the UK, with focus on the 2008 financial crisis, the ensuing recession, and its aftermath.