{"product_id":"the-causes-of-structural-unemployment-9780745670270","title":"The Causes of Structural Unemployment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404415705431,"sku":"9780745670270","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745670270.jpg?v=1730486402","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-causes-of-structural-unemployment-9780745670270","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}