Bücher der Reihe Social Change and Economic Life Initiative

This book draws on important new data from the ESRC's Social Change and Economic Life Intitiative to test, modify, and challenge much of the current academic literature on the determinants of employer policy and how these influence employment structures and the employment opportunities of individuals.

In this major work, leading economists, sociologists and psychologists present their original research into changes in the job structure of Britain in the 1980s. Combining large-scale sample surveys with personal histories, the study answers many sociological and economic questions.

The single most important change in the British labour market has been the re-emergence of mass unemployment. This study focuses on six areas of the country and investigates the effect of being on individuals' attitudes to work, their social relationships, and their psychological health.