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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Honorable Mention for the Scholarly Achievement Award, North Central Sociological Association"
"Winner of the William J. Goode Book Award, Family Section of the American Sociological Association"
"Damaske powerfully demonstrates how gender and class intersect and produce widely divergent experiences among the unemployed. In a vivid and insightful analysis of recently unemployed working- and middle-class women and men, Damaske reveals novel mechanisms through which unemployment both exacerbates existing inequalities and creates new inequalities. The study offers unparalleled insight into the trajectories of the unemployed and makes poignant contributions to our understanding of economic inequality and gender. . . . An extremely captivating, compelling, and careful analysis of various gendered and classed mechanisms reproducing and creating inequalities among the unemployed."
---Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Social Forces"Damaske makes a compelling case that unemployment, like the pathways leading up to and following it, touches people in vastly different ways. . . . She argues we can do better. Let’s hope we can and do.
The Tolls of Uncertainty points to narratives and policies that could undermine rather than reinforce existing inequalities."
---Naomi Gerstel, Contemporary Sociology"[A] fascinating new book. . . .
The Tolls of Uncertainty reveals that middle-class white men are vastly overrepresented among the beneficiaries who fully recover from unemployment, while other groups tread water or end up worse off."
---Christine L. Williams, Gender & Society"There's a way to change the system and the way is to read [
The Tolls of Uncertainty]. People need to understand that the unemployment experience is not these odd, ugly stereotypes."
---Mark Price, Evidence-to-Impact podcast"
[The Tolls of Uncertainty] offers enduring lessons about unemployment and the family.
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---Naomi R. Cahn, Jotwell
