Struggle Over Work - The End of Work Employment Alternatives in Post Industrial Societies

Informationen zum Autor Shaun Wilson is Research Fellow in the Centre for Social Research in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is principle investigator of the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes . His areas of research include political and social attitudes, political sociology, and the sociology of work. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of New South Wales in Sydney Klappentext This book contains a twofold investigation into 'the end of work' with theoretical and policy angles contributing to the growing research field on the boundaries of economics and sociology Zusammenfassung This book contains a twofold investigation into 'the end of work' with theoretical and policy angles contributing to the growing research field on the boundaries of economics and sociology Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter I: Introduction Part One Chapter II: Pessimistic Origins: 'Work' in classical sociology Chapter III: Work and the postindustrial pessimists Part Two Chapter IV: Work without limit?: Work and welfare in the US model Chapter V: The Basic Income challenge to work and welfare Chapter VI: Labour movements and work: Exhausted alliances or new challenges?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shaun Wilson, WILSON SHAUN
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.09.2012
• EAN: 9780415652087
• ISBN: 978-0-415-65208-7
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy; Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Labour / income economics, Political Economy, Employment & Unemployment