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Index
Cover
Table of Contents
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
1: Introduction: The Unique Character of Work
Work: A Political Economy Perspective
From Peasant Class to Working Class
The Unique Characteristics of Labor
Text box 1.1 Are animals a part of the working class? Do fish resist?
Text box 1.2 The interweaving of slavery and capitalism: cotton and seafood
Notes
2: Inequality at Work: Skills, Wages and Productivity
Income Inequality: The Rich and the Rest of Us
Critical Analysis: Human Capital Theory
Political Economy Critiques of Human Capital Theory
Text box 2.1 Does my name make me less employable?
Notes
3: Gender at Work: Caring Labor
Identifying Care Work in the Economy
Who Performs Housework Around the Globe?
Bargaining and Power in the Household
Care Work: Paid and Unpaid, Inside and Outside the Home
Devaluation Thesis and Gender Bias
Care Work and Social, Emotional Skills
Household Labor and Social Reproduction: Past, Present and Future
Text box 3.1 Emotional and aesthetic labor in the call center
Notes
4: Managerial Strategies: Low Road vs. High Road and Off-Road
Major Themes Defining Work Under Capitalism
Low-Road Workplace Strategies
From Low-Road to High-Road Strategies
Off-Road: The Rise of Precarious Work
Notes
5: Beyond Managerial Strategies: Worker Cooperatives
Origins of the Cooperative Movement
Worker Participation Versus Worker Control
Political Structure of the Workplace
Worker Control of the Firm Versus Worker Control of the Economy: Mondragon
Cooperative Work in Solidarity and Community Economies
Note
6: Technology, Automation and Skills: Restructuring the Workplace
The Technology Debate
Early Industrial Conflict Over Machine Production
Political Economy Approaches to Technological Change
Technology, Skills, Tasks and the Transformation of Work
Automation and Robots in the Workplace
Text box 6.1 European Parliament Report on the Social and Economic Impact of Robots
Note
7: Conclusion: Future Worlds of Work
Notes
References
Index
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