Work and society: Places, spaces and identities

The original theoretical and empirical studies in this new edited volume, Work and Society: Places, Spaces and Identities, present a re-imagining of what work is, how it is undertaken, and the impact of work on people who engage in it. While traditional examinations of work are synonymous with discussions of labour markets, organisational functions and industrial relations, the eight contributions published here for the first time extend our conceptualisation of work to take in less commonly scrutinised activities such as care-giving, soldiering, gambling and career criminality. This intriguing approach opens up space for an exciting reconsideration of the relationships between work and society, focussing on illegitimate and unvalued occupations, the places where personal and professional identities intersect in risky or rewarding ways, and the ideological imperative on all of us – no matter our employment status – to perform as resilient, productive neoliberal subjects with the capacity for work. This innovative, interdisciplinary volume brings together established and new voices in the fields of sociology, criminology, victimology and political economy to present an accessible intervention in current debates about work in the twenty-first century.

Citation

Taylor, P., & Wagg, P. (Eds.). (2014). Work and society: Places, spaces and identities. Chester, United Kingdom: University of Chester Press.

Publisher

University of Chester Press

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10034/336504

Type

Book

Language

en

Description

The table of contents and introduction are included with kind permission of University of Chester Press.

Series/Report no.

Issues in the Social Sciences
9

ISBN

9781908258151

Additional Links

http://www.chester.ac.uk/university-press