In spite of the gravity of the problem of mass unemployment and its periodic recurrence in industrial societies, few scientific studies have been undertaken which serve to define the impact of plant closings on workers, families, and the community; to evaluate individual group, or community responses to closings; and to offer suggestions for the future.
Shutdown at Youngstown meets this need. It presents the findings of a multidisciplinary, scientific study of the closing of the steel mills in Youngstown in 1977 which put 5,000 persons out of work. Research reported in the text is based on personal interviews, social indicator data, and data from health and human service agencies. The authors conclude by developing a public policy for dealing with plant closings and the crisis of mass unemployment.
- ISBN10 0873956478
- ISBN13 9780873956475
- Publish Date 30 June 1983
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 July 2000
- Publish Country US
- Imprint State University of New York Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 236
- Language English