Godfried Engbersen 
Cultures Of Unemployment [PDF ebook] 
A Comparative Look At Long-term Unemployment And Urban Poverty

The "cultures" of unemployed people in the United States and abroad are complex, varied and offer explanatory power when analyzed, as they are here, in a systematic way. The authors use case studies and survey data to devise a framework for a better understanding of the effects of welfare state policy on the chronically unemployed. They analyze the