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Hardest Times: The Trauma of Long Term Unemployment

Autor Thomas J. Cottle
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 dec 2000 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Against the backdrop of a robust economy, hundreds of thousands of people in this country remain out of work for long periods of time, causing economic and psychological hardships for entire families. Hardest Times examines in depth what happens to men, and to their families, when they remain out of work for longer than six months, a period the government designates as long term unemployment. Cottle examines long term unemployment as a traumatic event, which creates in those who experience it conditions resembling symptoms of loss and post-trauma. Through the words of men who have experienced long term unemployment, he demonstrates that work is crucial to the formation of a man's identity, and that without work, many men often find no purpose for living. The in-depth studies that Cottle undertook reveal here why some men abandon their families or, in some instances, are driven to commit murder or suicide in the face of lingering unemployment. These often heart wrenching stories encourage readers to consider the implications of long term unemployment for the men who experience it, the families who endure it, and the society that tolerates it.Cottle's approach demonstrates that unemployment cannot be examined strictly in statistical terms, but that ultimately it must be explored in human terms, for it affects both the unemployed worker and his family. Instead of treating long term unemployment as simply another social problem, Cottle argues that it must be treated as a serious, often life-threatening, disorder, whose cure is clearly discernible. By reading the words of these men, the reader will understand how, even in this time of shifting gender roles, men in large measure still define themselves by the work they do, rather than the relationships that they cultivate. This unique approach to the problem of long term unemployment gives a human face to the problem and encourages readers to rethink the nature of working and not working and its special importance to men.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275969844
ISBN-10: 0275969843
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.78 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

THOMAS J. COTTLE is Professor of Education at Boston University. He has written over 25 books, including Private Lives and Public Accounts, A Family Album, Children in Jail, Children's Secrets, Hidden Survivors, Time's Children, Like Fathers, Like Sons, Barred from School, Perceiving Time, Black Children-White Dreams, and Black Testimony. His work has appeared in many scholarly journals as well as mainstream media.

Cuprins

PrefaceIntroductionMr. Housewife U.S.A.: Kenneth HawkinsYou Work Nine to Five or You're Dead: George WilkinsonThey Want Me To Be Invisible: Peter RosenbloomA One In a Million Chance to Earn a Living: Ollie SindonNever Dreamed it Would Get This Bad: Cyrus MullenOnly One Thing That Matters is Working Steady: Cleveland Wilkes, Jeremiah Kelser, Eddie Harrington, Jr.Shame Like Nobody Could Know: William Leominster, Aaron Donane, and Jack BlumAfter Unraveling, A Better Outcome: Gabriel FormanThe Shame of Long Term UnemploymentThe Trauma of Long Term UnemploymentEpilogueBibliography