This book was first published in 1982. Unemployment is perhaps one of the most serious social problems. In economic terms the cost of unemployment, both to the individual and to the collective, is extremely high. But unemployment has other effects too. In this book Marie Jahoda looks beyond the obvi[...]
Marienthal represented a colossal breakthrough in social research. It provided a combination of quantification and interpretive analysis of qualitative material - an approach that remains in the forefront of present day research design. The work combined statistical data at hand, case studies, infor[...]
Marienthal-studiens grunnspørsmål var: Blir arbeidere apatiske eller revolusjonære under arbeidsledigheten? Denne undersøkelsen er kjent for en fantasifull kombinasjon av metoder, bl.a bruk av dagbøker og deltagende observasjon.[...]