Creating the New Worker Work, Consumption and Subordination /

This book explores the relationship between the changing nature of capitalism and the creation of the new worker. In a changing global economy, work - as the activity that structures individuals in capitalism both socially and psychologically - is being undermined. Combining a Gramscian critique of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Durand, Jean-Pierre (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Industrial sociology.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Industrial organization.
Psychology, Industrial.
Social structure.
Equality.
Sociology of Work.
Social Theory.
Industrial Organization.
Work and Organizational Psychology.
Social Structure.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Lean Management: The Invisible Revolution
  • 3. The New Worker: Fractured Identities and Denied Recognition
  • 4. The New Worker Dispossessed of Work
  • 5. The New Worker in Service Activities
  • 6. The Impossible Rationalisation of Service Activities
  • 7. Two Scenarios for the Future
  • 8. Conclusion: What Comes After Work. .

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