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The above quotation, used by William Beveridge in the preface to his book Voluntary Action (1948), indicates a central dilemma of policies on long-term unemployment. How far to ‘blame the victims’ and introduce remedial treatment to deal with their defects, whether inherent or acquired; or how far to focus action on the labour market, through either increased or reduced government intervention, depending on one’s view of political economy.
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Buckland, S., Macgregor, S. (1986). Discipline, Training or Welfare?: the Functions of a Re-establishment Centre. In: Allen, S., Waton, A., Purcell, K., Wood, S. (eds) The Experience Of Unemployment. Explorations in Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18454-5_11
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