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Newswork and precarity

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"This edited collection brings together leading scholars from around the world to discuss the consequences and implications of precarious labor conditions within the modern news industry. In 14 original chapters, contributors speak to global concerns about journalism across all …

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The political economy of work security and flexibility: Italy in comparative perspective

by Berton, Fabio, Richiardi, Matteo, Sacchi, Stefano

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The recent economic crisis has shown the dark side of deregulating the labor market: rising unemployment, limited access to social security and, due to low wages, depleted savings to rely upon in bad times. An emphasis on flexibility has led to inequality and insecurity, the aut…

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United States in a world in crisis: the geopolitics of precarious work and super-expl…

by Sotelo Valencia, Adrián

fromStudies in critical social sciences

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"This work by the distinguished Mexican theorist Adrián Sotelo Valencia explores new dimensions of super-exploitation in a context of the structural crisis of capitalism and imperialism. Steeped in a new generation of radical dependency theory and informed by the legacy of his o…

CC

Creative capitalism, multitudinous creativity: radicalities and alterities

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"The book aims to counter the normative functioning of creativity in contemporary capitalism with a plethora of alternatives to radical creative practices. In the first part, titled 'Creative Capitalism', five authors analyze the forms of contemporary capitalism: on the one hand…

CC

Creative capitalism, multitudinous creativity: radicalities and alterities

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"The book aims to counter the normative functioning of creativity in contemporary capitalism with a plethora of alternatives to radical creative practices. In the first part, titled 'Creative Capitalism', five authors analyze the forms of contemporary capitalism: on the one hand…

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Precarious creativity: global media, local labor

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"Precarious Creativity examines the seismic changes confronting media workers in an age of globalization and corporate conglomeration. This pathbreaking anthology peeks behind the hype and supposed glamor of screen media industries to reveal the intensifying pressures and challe…

TI

The informal economy revisited: examining the past, envisioning the future

fromRoutledge explorations in development studies

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"This landmark volume brings together leading scholars in the field to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal economy as well as future challenges and directions for research and policy. Well over half of the global workforce a…

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Cultivating knowledge: biotechnology, sustainability, and the human cost…

by Flachs, Andrew

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This dissertation explores the ways in which genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds, rice seeds, and organic cotton seeds in Telangana, India set farmers on diverging economic, environmental, and social trajectories. GM cotton, a cash crop sold under hundreds of different brand …

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Putting the humanities PhD to work: thriving in and beyond the classroom

by Rogers, Katina L.

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The academic workforce : expectations and realities -- Inclusive systems, vibrant scholarship -- Expanding definitions of scholarly success -- What faculty and advisors can do -- Students : how to put your PhD to work. "PUTTING THE HUMANITIES PHD TO WORK rethinks the purpose an…

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Reproduktion von Ungleichheit durch Arbeit und Familie: Fragen ... einer gemeinsamen Tagung der Sektionen…

by Berger, Peter A., Hank, Karsten, Tölke, Angelika, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Sektion Soziale Ungleichheit und Sozialstrukturanalyse, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Sektion Familiensoziologie, Gemeinsame Tagung der Sektionen "Soziale Ungleichheit und Sozialstrukturanalyse" und "Familiensoziologie" in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Rostock

fromSozialstrukturanalyse

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Eine wesentliche Erkenntnis der Ungleichheitsforschung bezieht sich darauf, dass bei der Analyse sozialer Ungleichheit nicht das einzelne Individuum, sondern auch der Haushalt und die Familie in den Blick genommen werden müssen. Familien sind mächtige Instanzen lebenslanger inte…