Title Scrap iron and old stagers : constructions of old age in unemployment / Florentine Maier

Published Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, [2009] ©2009

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Description 282 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Series Sprache im Kontext ; Bd. 33 Sprache im Kontext ; 33 Summary "When older workers become unemployed, they face considerable obstacles in the labour market. Often they are depicted as too old to work but too young to retire. This study is based on six months of ethnographic fieldwork at the Public Employment Service Austria (AMS)."--P. 4 of cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) Notes This study won the 2009 Dr. Maria Schaumayer Foundation Award and the 2008 Award of Excellence of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research Subject Older people -- Employment -- Austria. Older people -- Austria -- Economic conditions. Unemployed -- Austria. Author Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich. ISBN 9783631592885 3631592884

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