ISBN: 9781847429117 - poverty and insecurity: life in low-pay, no-pay britain (20 risultati)

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Hardback. Condizione: New. Winner of the British Academy Peter Townsend Prize for 2013How do men and women get by in times and places where opportunities for standard employment have drastically reduced? Are we witnessing the growth of a new class, the 'Precariat', where people exist without predictability or security in their lives? What effects do flexible and insecure forms of work have on material and psychological well-being?This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about 'the workless' and 'the poor', by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain. Work may be 'the best route out of poverty' sometimes but for many people getting a job can be just a turn in the cycle of recurrent poverty - and of long-term churning between low-skilled 'poor work' and unemployment. Based on unique qualitative, life-history research with a 'hard-to-reach group' of younger and older people, men and women, the book shows how poverty and insecurity have now become the defining features of working life for many.…

Condizione: New. pp. 256.

Condizione: New. 2013. First Edition. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Winner of the British Academy Peter Townsend Prize for 2013How do men and women get by in times and places where opportunities for standard employment have drastically reduced? Are we witnessing the growth of a new class, the 'Precariat', where people exist without predictability or security in their lives? What effects do flexible and insecure forms of work have on material and psychological well-being?This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about 'the workless' and 'the poor', by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain. Work may be 'the best route out of poverty' sometimes but for many people getting a job can be just a turn in the cycle of recurrent poverty - and of long-term churning between low-skilled 'poor work' and unemployment. Based on unique qualitative, life-history research with a 'hard-to-reach group' of younger and older people, men and women, the book shows how poverty and insecurity have now become the defining features of working life for many.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.50x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.50x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about the workless and the poor , by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in .…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Poverty and insecurity | Tracy Shildrick (u. a.) | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2012 | Policy Press | EAN 9781847429117 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about â¿¿the workless' and â¿¿the poor', by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain.…