Rethinking Unemployment and the Work Ethic

1. Introduction
Andrew Dunn

2. The Academic Debate About Unemployment and Employment Commitment
Andrew Dunn

3. Researching Employment Commitment
Andrew Dunn

4. The Interviews with Employed and Unemployed People
Andrew Dunn

5. Who Agrees that ‘Having Almost Any Job Is Better Than Being Unemployed’?
Andrew Dunn, Maria T. Grasso, Clare Saunders

6. What Do People Who Help Long-term JSA Claimants into Employment Say About Their Clients’ Attitudes to Work and Job Search Behaviour?
Andrew Dunn

7. Summary and Conclusion
Andrew Dunn

Nyckelord: Social Sciences, Sociology of Work, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Care, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology