Work incentives and welfare provision : the 'pathological' theory of unemployment

著者

• Schroeder, Doris

書誌事項

Work incentives and welfare provision : the 'pathological' theory of unemployment

Doris Schroeder

（Avebury series in philosophy）

Ashgate, c2000

注記

Bibliography: p. 197-216

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

During the 1990s, the welfare state came under sustained attack from political theorists who had previously supported it. Examining in detail current unemployment debates within Western welfare states, this book seeks to verify or refute the view that non-work is chosen by work-shy individuals - the "pathological" theory of unemployment. Drawing from a range of disciplinary perspectives - from social philosophy and the history of philosophy, to occupational psychology and feminist economics - this interdisciplinary analysis reveals the the "pathological" theory of unemployment, with its reliance on a deficient depiction of human nature and its disregard of non-pecuniary work incentives and impirical evidence, cannot be upheld. Doris Schroeder presents an alternative explanation for the phenomenon of widespread Western unemployment through insights into an "external barrier" theory of unemployment, namely technological displacement combined with a refusal to return to a two-tiered victorian society. By effectively combining empirical data with philosophical deliberations, the book is intended to make an important contribution to the welfare state debate.

目次

• The "pathological" theory of unemployment
• the history of work
• action, intention and work incentives
• home economicus
• benefit fraud, tax evasion and the "lazy scrounger"
• "external barrier" theories of unemployment
• potential solutions for unemployment
• resume.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA46369512
• ISBN:
  • 0754612074
• LCCN: 99069529
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Aldershot
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 220 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00870028