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Now, Whose Fault is That?

The Struggle for Self-Esteem in the Face of Chronic Unemployment

by (author) Cato Wadel

Publisher
Memorial University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1973
Category
Cultural, Social Services & Welfare
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919666054
    Publish Date
    Jan 1973
    List Price
    $19.95

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This book is about the problems faced by able-bodied men who are forced to live off public welfare, or "on the dole." Based on the author's daily interactions with a hundred unemployed men in one Newfoundland village, this sensitive probe takes on a narrative form centered on one man and his family, and his struggle to maintain their self-esteem in the community. For, to be excused for being unemployed, a man must constantly show his desire to work.

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