Bureaucratic Manoeuvres: The Contested Administration of the Unemployed Contributor(s): Grundy, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1487504470 ISBN-13: 9781487504472 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $59.85 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Canadian - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 331.110 |
LCCN: 2019301054 |
Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 184 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Bureaucratic Manoeuvres, John Grundy examines profound transformations in the governance of unemployment in Canada. While policy makers previously approached unemployment as a social and economic problem to be addressed through macroeconomic policies, recent labour market policy reforms have placed much more emphasis on the supposedly deficient employability of the unemployed themselves, a troubling shift that deserves close, critical attention. Tracing a behind-the-scenes history of public employment services in Canada, Bureaucratic Manoeuvres shows just how difficult it has been for administrators and frontline staff to govern unemployment as a problem of individual employability. Drawing on untapped government records, it sheds much-needed light on internal bureaucratic struggles over the direction of labour market policy in Canada and makes a key contribution to Canadian political science, economics, public administration, and sociology. |
Contributor Bio(s): Grundy, John: - John Grundy is a research officer in the School of Arts, Media, Performance, and Design at York University. |