Bureaucratic Manoeuvres
The Contested Administration of the Unemployed
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Affairs & Administration, International, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | John Grundy | ISBN: | 9781487530259 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division | Publication: | March 14, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Grundy |
| ISBN: | 9781487530259 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division |
| Publication: | March 14, 2019 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
