What's Wrong with Work? |
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| Author:
| Pettinger, Lynne |
| Series title: | 21st Century Standpoints Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4473-4008-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2019 |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press
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| Imprint: | Policy Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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Why does work matter? As changes occur in howwork is organised across the globe, What's Wrong with Work? shows that howworkers are treated has wide implications beyond the lives of workersthemselves.
Recognising gender, race,class and global differences, the book looks at three kinds of increasinglyimportant work -- green work, IT work and the 'gig' economy -- within the contextof the neoliberal society, the promises of technologisation andanticipated...
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Why does work matter? As changes occur in howwork is organised across the globe, What's Wrong with Work? shows that howworkers are treated has wide implications beyond the lives of workersthemselves.
Recognising gender, race,class and global differences, the book looks at three kinds of increasinglyimportant work -- green work, IT work and the 'gig' economy -- within the contextof the neoliberal society, the promises of technologisation andanticipated environmental catastrophe. It considers the ways formal work isoften dependent on informal work, especially domestic work and care work.