Workers Without Companies - Towards a New Way of Working

Workers Without Companies contributes to the debate on the future of work in a productive landscape that is now global, while ways of working diversify at an unprecedented pace.

Table des matières

Introduction Part I: Shaping the wage system in Europe 1. Ambiguities in the European model Compulsory insurance under state control The legacy of an industrial and political history The formation of the chief players in the labour exchange Work in Europe: convergences and national differences 2. Transformations in the wage system The Golden Age of capitalism? A new mutation of capitalism A profound remodelling of the wage system 3. Silent mutations in labour exchanges Value sharing and widening inequalities Working remotely and intermittently A more complex and interconnected labour mobilisation Part II: Variations in the wage system 4. The incomplete wage system of self-employed workers The dismantling of the wage system The expansion of the wage system A new type of self-employed worker Conclusions 5. The agricultural wage system The same players as in the wage system Constantly accompanied production Regulations and tension among the agricultural wage system 6. Mobilisation and organisation of scientific work under state protection What can the structure of Spain's science system teach us about the dynamics of the wage system? The creation of a science and innovation system in Spain Mobilisation and organisation of scientific work under state protection Challenges facing the current system of scientific labour mobilisation in Spain In conclusion: some proposals for future research on work The primordial alienation of workers from their work A transformed system of valorisation States under pressure A new way of organising production Professional trajectories outside the company sphere

A propos de l'auteur

Sylvie Célérier is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Lille University, and a member of the Lille Centre for Sociological and Economic Research and Studies (CLERSE)- CNRS UMR 8019.
Alberto Riesco-Sanz is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid and an Associate Researcher at the Complutense Institute for the Study of Contemporary Social Transformations (TRANSOC).

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sylvie (University of Lille Celerier, Sylvie Célérier, Alberto Riesco-Sanz
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 22.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032333021
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3233302-1
• Pages: 194
• Thème: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Work, Professions and Organisations
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Politique; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Labour / income economics, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Sociology: work & labour, Agriculture & Related Industries, Sociology: work and labour, Agribusiness and primary industries, Employment & Unemployment