Abstract:Initially, “unemployment” described the situation of workers who could not find a job because of economic dislocations or redundancy. The phrase was quickly taken up in social policy as a key focus of the welfare state. As unemployment has become the focus of sociological investigation, it has incrementally come to be understood as a social situation – structured by the institution of work, shaped by governmental policies, and interpreted culturally.
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