Impact of Worklessness (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards
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Underemployment definition
Underemployment definition
Wanting permanent, full-time work but only finding temp/part-time positions
Dahrendorf (1959) predicted globalisation would cause what?
Dahrendorf (1959) predicted globalisation would cause what?
Decline in secure, full-time jobs across Europe
Post-Fordist production methods demand what type of workforce?
Post-Fordist production methods demand what type of workforce?
Increasingly flexible workforces
Ethnic minority unemployment rate (2013)
Ethnic minority unemployment rate (2013)
14% (vs 8% UK general population)
Youth ethnic minority unemployment rate (2013)
Youth ethnic minority unemployment rate (2013)
37% (vs 21% general youth population)
NEETs stands for
NEETs stands for
Not in employment, education or training
% of NEETs rarely leaving homes (UCU 2013 study)
% of NEETs rarely leaving homes (UCU 2013 study)
One-third
% of NEETs believing they'd never get secure work (UCU 2013)
% of NEETs believing they'd never get secure work (UCU 2013)
38%
Steve Craine's (1997) term for cycle of temp schemes & jobless
Steve Craine's (1997) term for cycle of temp schemes & jobless
'Black magic roundabout'
Planned retirement age by 2020 (both genders)
Planned retirement age by 2020 (both genders)
66
Disengagement theory authors and year
Disengagement theory authors and year
Cumming and Henry (1961)
Disability unemployment rate
Disability unemployment rate
Approximately 50%
Bauman's term for retirees working from economic necessity
Bauman's term for retirees working from economic necessity
The 'repressed' in consumer society
Grey panthers
Grey panthers
Wealthy retirees with high living standards (Bauman's 'seduced')
Joan Garrod (2014a) linked unemployment to what political trend?
Joan Garrod (2014a) linked unemployment to what political trend?
Rise of right-wing politics across Europe