Governing the unemployed self in an active society

Economy and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 559-583

  Dean, Mitchell ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

active society; dependency; governmentality; job seeker; risk; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL APPROACH; INCOME SUPPORT; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT; WELFARE POLICY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0029486149     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085149500000025     Document Type: Article

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