De dependentes da Estaco a dependentes do Estado: Desemprego de meia-idade e o Estado social como último reduto

This article examines the overall strands of an analysis model for experiences of unemployment, with special focus given to one of its cornerstones: compensation mediators. Within the framework of compensation mediation, an analysis is undertaken of the role played by the social state in organising...

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Main Author: Pedro Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra 2007-10-01
Series:Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/rccs/758
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Summary:This article examines the overall strands of an analysis model for experiences of unemployment, with special focus given to one of its cornerstones: compensation mediators. Within the framework of compensation mediation, an analysis is undertaken of the role played by the social state in organising strategies for adjusting to the withdrawal of employment on the part of those made unemployed after a Coimbra ceramics factory, Estaco, shut down in 2001. The pivotal position of the social state allows us to put middle-aged unemployment into perspective as an event which compromises individuals’ ability to ensure their financial autonomy and which magnifies the social state’s function.
ISSN:0254-1106
2182-7435