Overworked Consumer - Self-Checkouts, Supermarkets, and the Do-It-Yourself Economy

This book uses empirical data to qualify contemporary social concerns regarding automation and jobs, while raising questions about the increasing creep of unpaid work into Americans' leisure time.

List of contents

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Chapter 1: Self-Service and the Do-It-Yourself Economy

Chapter 2: Putting Customers to Work

Chapter 3: Supermarkets, Self-Checkout Lanes, and Self-Service

Chapter 4: Why Are There Still So Many Jobs?

Chapter 5: Shopping With the Lonely Crowd

Chapter 6: The Overworked Consumer

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About the author

By Christopher K. Andrews

Summary

This book uses empirical data to qualify contemporary social concerns regarding automation and jobs, while raising questions about the increasing creep of unpaid work into Americans’ leisure time.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher K. Andrews
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.10.2020
• EAN: 9781498543804
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4380-4
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Do-it-yourself, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Labour / income economics, Food & society, Labour Economics, Political Economy, Central / national / federal government policies, Urban communities, Cultural studies: food and society, Central government policies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General