Now, Whose Fault is That?
The Struggle for Self-Esteem in the Face of Chronic Unemployment
- Publisher
- Memorial University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1973
- Category
- Cultural, Social Services & Welfare
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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.
