What's wrong with work?
As changes occur in how work is organised across the globe, 'What's wrong with work' shows that how workers are treated has wide implications beyond the lives of workers themselves. 0Recognising gender, race, class and global differences, the book looks at three kinds of increasingly important work - green work, IT work and the 'gig' economy. It considers the ways formal work is often dependent on informal work, especially domestic work and care work and concludes by considering what might make…
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :What's wrong with work? / Lynne Pettinger.
Summary
As changes occur in how work is organised across the globe, 'What's wrong with work' shows that how workers are treated has wide implications beyond the lives of workers themselves. 0Recognising gender, race, class and global differences, the book looks at three kinds of increasingly important work - green work, IT work and the 'gig' economy. It considers the ways formal work is often dependent on informal work, especially domestic work and care work and concludes by considering what might make work better, arguing that there is a collective responsibility to address bad work.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2019.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):The Policy Press
- Place of Publication:Bristol
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019.
The Physical Object
- Description:240 pages
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781447340089, 1447340086
- oclc:on1112555356
- LC Classification:HB1-130
- Dewey Decimal:330
Writers
More from this Series
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Rate & Review