Resilience and Unemployment |
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Editor:
| Aamaas, Asmund Sedmak, Clemens Keenan, William |
Author:
| Van Der Zijden, Linda |
Series title: | Perspectives on Social Ethics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-643-90175-0 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
Publisher: | Lit Verlag
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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This book contains contributions from the conference Salzburger Anstosse 2010 that was devoted to the multidisciplinary exploration of resilience and unemployment. Resilience is a universal phenomenon, albeit it is differentially distributed within the human species in terms of its modes of expression and effects. One might refer to it as a fundamental element in the adaptive survival make-up of persons and social groups. The book contains a range of illustrations of resilient...
More DescriptionThis book contains contributions from the conference Salzburger Anstosse 2010 that was devoted to the multidisciplinary exploration of resilience and unemployment. Resilience is a universal phenomenon, albeit it is differentially distributed within the human species in terms of its modes of expression and effects. One might refer to it as a fundamental element in the adaptive survival make-up of persons and social groups. The book contains a range of illustrations of resilient adaptation in the context of unemployment, one of the fundamental problems of our time. (Series: Perspectives on Social Ethics - Vol. 4)