Risk technology in Australia: The role of the Job Seeker Classification Instrument in employment services

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 498-525

  McDonald, Catherine ^a   Marston, Greg ^b   Buckley, Amma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse; Governmentality; Identity; Risk; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOR POLICY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0038825453     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02610183030234004     Document Type: Article

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