ANNETTE NIEROBISZ is a professor of sociology and the Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. This is her first book.DANA SAWCHUK is a professor of sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. She is the author of The Costa Rican Catholic Church, Social Justice, and the Rights of Workers, 1979–1996.

"American Idle focuses on an underexamined, yet critical, group of the unemployed: those later in life. It’s engagingly written and provides important insights into later-life unemployment. The authors’ findings are all elegant and conceptually rich contributions to our understanding of the unemployment process for older Americans." - Sarah Damaske (author of The Tolls of Uncertainty: How Privilege and the Guilt Gap Shape Unemployment in America) "American Idle's use of a life course approach to examine older adults' unemployment experiences is unique and fills a gap in the unemployment literature. The topic is timely, given the graying of the U.S. population, and the writing is engaging."- Dawn Norris (author of Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health (Rutgers University Press))

• 1 “Broke, Unemployed, Downsized Again”2 Hard Falls and Soft Landings3 Generations at Work4 In God We Trust5 “Here’s Where I Am, Here’s Where I’ll Stay”6 Silver Linings and Positive Thinking7 Where Are They Now? And What Can We Do?Appendix A Studying Late Career Job Loss in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”Appendix B Tables 1 and 2AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex1 “Broke, Unemployed, Downsized Again” 12 Hard Falls and Soft Landings 133 Generations at Work 284 In God We Trust 465 “Here’sWhere I Am, Here’sWhere I’ll Stay” 646 Silver Linings and Positive Thinking 827 Where Are They Now? And What Can We Do? 98Appendix A: Studying Late-CareerJob Lossin the Land of 10,000 Lakes 117Appendix B: Tables127Acknowledgments133Notes 137Bibliography 165Index 000

ANNETTE NIEROBISZ is a professor of sociology and the Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. This is her first book.DANA SAWCHUK is a professor of sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. She is the author of The Costa Rican Catholic Church, Social Justice, and the Rights of Workers, 1979–1996.

"American Idle focuses on an underexamined, yet critical, group of the unemployed: those later in life. It’s engagingly written and provides important insights into later-life unemployment. The authors’ findings are all elegant and conceptually rich contributions to our understanding of the unemployment process for older Americans." - Sarah Damaske (author of The Tolls of Uncertainty: How Privilege and the Guilt Gap Shape Unemployment in America) "American Idle's use of a life course approach to examine older adults' unemployment experiences is unique and fills a gap in the unemployment literature. The topic is timely, given the graying of the U.S. population, and the writing is engaging."- Dawn Norris (author of Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health (Rutgers University Press))

• 1 “Broke, Unemployed, Downsized Again”2 Hard Falls and Soft Landings3 Generations at Work4 In God We Trust5 “Here’s Where I Am, Here’s Where I’ll Stay”6 Silver Linings and Positive Thinking7 Where Are They Now? And What Can We Do?Appendix A Studying Late Career Job Loss in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”Appendix B Tables 1 and 2AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex1 “Broke, Unemployed, Downsized Again” 12 Hard Falls and Soft Landings 133 Generations at Work 284 In God We Trust 465 “Here’sWhere I Am, Here’sWhere I’ll Stay” 646 Silver Linings and Positive Thinking 827 Where Are They Now? And What Can We Do? 98Appendix A: Studying Late-CareerJob Lossin the Land of 10,000 Lakes 117Appendix B: Tables127Acknowledgments133Notes 137Bibliography 165Index 000

ANNETTE NIEROBISZ is a professor of sociology and the Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. This is her first book.DANA SAWCHUK is a professor of sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. She is the author of The Costa Rican Catholic Church, Social Justice, and the Rights of Workers, 1979–1996.

"American Idle focuses on an underexamined, yet critical, group of the unemployed: those later in life. It’s engagingly written and provides important insights into later-life unemployment. The authors’ findings are all elegant and conceptually rich contributions to our understanding of the unemployment process for older Americans." - Sarah Damaske (author of The Tolls of Uncertainty: How Privilege and the Guilt Gap Shape Unemployment in America) "American Idle's use of a life course approach to examine older adults' unemployment experiences is unique and fills a gap in the unemployment literature. The topic is timely, given the graying of the U.S. population, and the writing is engaging."- Dawn Norris (author of Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health (Rutgers University Press))

• 1 “Broke, Unemployed, Downsized Again”2 Hard Falls and Soft Landings3 Generations at Work4 In God We Trust5 “Here’s Where I Am, Here’s Where I’ll Stay”6 Silver Linings and Positive Thinking7 Where Are They Now? And What Can We Do?Appendix A Studying Late Career Job Loss in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”Appendix B Tables 1 and 2AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex1 “Broke, Unemployed, Downsized Again” 12 Hard Falls and Soft Landings 133 Generations at Work 284 In God We Trust 465 “Here’sWhere I Am, Here’sWhere I’ll Stay” 646 Silver Linings and Positive Thinking 827 Where Are They Now? And What Can We Do? 98Appendix A: Studying Late-CareerJob Lossin the Land of 10,000 Lakes 117Appendix B: Tables127Acknowledgments133Notes 137Bibliography 165Index 000