The impact of networks on unemployment. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J.M. Hurst.
• Authors: Hurst, J. M
• Contents: Preface; The Structure of the Book; Bibliography; Contents; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Framework for Investigating Network Impact; Chapter 1: Why Network Impact?; Toward Network Realism: A Post-Positivist Approach; Network Definitions: Contested Meanings; Multi-Dimensional Network Impact; The Symbolic Impact; The Socio-economic Impact; The Political Impact; The Structural Impact; The Impact of Processes; The Behavioural Aspect; Area-based Impact; A Multifactor Approach to Network Investigation; Framework Components. Concepts of Network Performance and Outcomes Performance Criteria; Network Outcomes; Network outcomes: three analytical levels.; Neighbourhood Level; Network Level; Organisation/Participant Level; Studying Networks: A Politicised Policy Context; Network Variation: Formal and Informal; Typology of Networks for the Unemployment Field; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Theoretical Background; Network Theory; Structural Sociology; Political Science; Public Administration/Public Management; Structure, Agency and Processes; The Impact of Structure; The Impact of Agency; The Impact of Processes. ConclusionBibliography; Chapter 3: Unemployment Policy Context; Defining and Measuring Unemployment; Causes of Unemployment; Unemployment Dimensions: Past and Present; The Historical Dimension; Classical Economics; Socialist/Marxian Economics; Structural Approaches/Employment Initiatives/Keynesian Economics; Neo-Liberal Economics/Conservatism; Contemporary Perceptions: Unemployment Blaming; Types of Unemployment; Economic Dimension; The Social Dimension; The Political Dimension; Institutional Dimension; The Neighbourhood and Spatial Dimension; The Individual Dimension. The Group Dimension UK Unemployment Policy; Policy Contexts: Unemployment, Employment and Welfare; Macro-economic Policy; European Policy Influence on Britain's Employment Policy; The Road to a Full Employment Economy, Route Abandoned?; The Human Rights View; The International Growth View; The Domestic View; The Economic View; Structural View; The Policy View; The Role of European Employment Policy and Governance; Policy Interventions; Activation Policy; From New Deal to the Work Programme; Job Creation; Support for Business Enterprise; Incentives to Attract Firms. Skills and Training Governance Structures: Roles and Responsibilities; A note on industrial strategy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Urban Regeneration Policy and Governing Networks; The Unemployment Problem in Urban Regeneration Policy; Definitions; Governing Networks 1945-97; Closed Networks: 1945-68; Central-Local Urban Partnerships: 1968-76; Inner-City Partnerships: 1977-9; Market-Driven Networks: 1979-90; Inter-Organisational Contracting Networks: 1991-7; Public-Private Partnerships 1994-2002; Governing Networks After 1997; Local Strategic Partnerships 2000-10.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 331.137941; Political science; Unemployment -- Great Britain; Social networks; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations; Social networks; Unemployment; Arbeitslosigkeit; Netzwerk; Staatstätigkeit; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Social Science -- Human Geography; Social Science -- Sociology -- Urban; Political structure & processes; Politics & government; Political structures: democracy; Human geography; Sociology; Public policy; European Union; Democracy; Sociology, Urban; Public administration; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781349668908; 1349668907
• Related ISBNs: 1137025379; 9781137025371
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 21, 2016).
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