The Politics of Unpaid Labour introduces the theory of the politics of unpaid labour to advance understanding of inequality within the context of precarious work It understands unpaid labour as the time and effort people invest to undertake tasks which relate to the work implicitly or explicitly assigned to them but for which they are not paid The book establishes a crucial link between unpaid labour s political dimensions and its role in fuelling emerging forms of precarious work characterized by persistent inequalities in a context of labour market reforms societal shifts and technological changes and it reveals how these seemingly disparate elements intertwine connecting the intricate dynamics of the social system s micro level components to larger macro level structural patterns Comparing working conditions in creative dance residential care and online freelancing in the Netherlands Sweden the United Kingdom Germany Belgium France Italy and Poland the book s empirical section is based on a wide range of biographical interviews and work diaries In addition to introducing the major themes theories and thinkers of inequality and precarious work within the tradition of work employment and economic studies in sociology and the political economy
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Editorial: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198888130
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 320
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 04/02/2025
Año de edición: 2025
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