The Deconstruction of Employment as a Political Question

Beschreibung

The wide-ranging European perspectives collected here aim to analyse, by means of an interdisciplinary approach, the numerous implications of a massive shift in the conception of “work” and the category of “worker.” Economic crisis and digitalization have exacerbated a crisis in those categories of thought and political action that previously allowed us to discuss—and problematize—vulnerability in employment in terms of unfairness, inequality, and inadequate protection. Engaging with the deconstruction of traditional employment as a central category for theorizing the phenomenon of work, this volume explores the new semantic fields and territories that have become available for theorising, understanding, and regulating employment. These new linguistic categories have implications beyond language alone: they produce a reformulation of the conventional wisdom concerning the whole category of waged employment (aspects previously taken for granted as to the meaning of work and of being“a worker”), as well as other closely associated categories such as unemployment, self-employment, or inactivity.

Elaborates the interrelationship between the language and grammar of employment and the actual structures of wage-earning

Renews the current debate on the changes affecting the world of labor through an approach that is interdisciplinary and transcultural

Directly relevant to international policy proposals and discussions on the nature and extent of the changes affecting the category of work 

Autor*in

Amparo Serrano-Pascual

Themen in »The Deconstruction of Employment as a Political Question«

economic sociology sociology of work digital economy self-employment wage-earner meaning of work entrepreneurship politics of work

Stimmen zu »The Deconstruction of Employment as a Political Question«

“This excellent compilation of articles serves as a guide for understanding the mutations of contemporary employment, at a moment of confusion and uncertainty regarding the current and future implications of these transformations. With a cadre of authors that leaves little doubt as to the soundness of the work, the collection explores different analyses on the deconstruction of employment as a political question. This work is an opportunity to understand the challenges of the world of work - and those which face us as a society – by offering a perspective of current processes, and contributing a critical, deep understanding of their social and political implications.” (Elsa Santamaría,  Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Spain)
()

Details

Link teilen