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Pettinger, Lynne (2019) What's wrong with work? 21st Century Standpoints . Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447340089

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Abstract

Why does work matter? 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.

Recognising gender, race, class and global differences, the book looks at three kinds of increasingly important work – green work, IT work and the ‘gig’ economy - within the context of the neoliberal society, the promises of technologisation and anticipated environmental catastrophe. It considers the ways formal work is often dependent on informal work, especially domestic work and care work.

Accessible and engaging, it concludes by considering political and ethical questions in what might make work better, arguing that there is a collective responsibility to address bad work.

Item Type: Book
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Series Name: 21st Century Standpoints
Publisher: Policy Press
Place of Publication: Bristol
ISBN: 9781447340089
Official Date: 24 April 2019
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24 April 2019Published
Number of Pages: 192
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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