Bureaucratic manoeuvres the contested administration of the unemployed / John Grundy.

Author/creator Grundy, John, 1976-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoToronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Descriptionx, 163 pages ; 24 cm.
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SeriesStudies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 56
Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 56. ^A383649
Abstract "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."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 129-155) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019301054
ISBN9781487504472 hardcover
ISBN1487504470 hardcover

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