1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795763503321

Autore

Yeganeh Hamid

Titolo

Global trends and transformations in culture, business, and technology / / Hamid Yeganeh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Business Expert Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-63742-073-0

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Disciplina

338.0951

Soggetti

Globalization

Corporations

International economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a concise and analytical portrait of the contemporary world. The author encompasses concepts and theories from multiple disciplines notably sociology, anthropology, business, and economics to examine major global trends and transformations of the modern world, their underlying causes, and their consequences. The text examines global demographic trends, globalization, culture, emerging markets, global security, environmental degradation, large corporations, and economic inequality. The author also analyzes major transformations in healthcare, food, the sharing economy, Fourth Industrial Revolution, consumption, work and organization, innovation and various technologies in areas such as automation, robotics, connectivity, quantum computing, and new materials. This book is a valuable reference for business leaders, managers, students, and all those who are passionate about understanding the rapidly changing contemporary world.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367615703321

Autore

Choonara Joseph

Titolo

Insecurity, Precarious Work and Labour Markets : Challenging the Orthodoxy / / by Joseph Choonara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030133306

3030133303

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages)

Disciplina

331.10941

331.137941

Soggetti

Industrial sociology

Labor economics

International economic relations

Sociology of Work

Labor Economics

International Political Economy'

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: The Precarity Debate -- 2. Theorists of Transformation -- 3. Conceptualising Precarity and Insecurity -- 4. Is Work Being De-standardised? -- 5. Is Employment Tenure Declining? -- 6. Rethinking Labour Markets -- 7. An Epidemic of Insecurity? -- 8. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Precarity is a key theme in political discourse, in media and academic discussions of employment, and within the labour movement. Often, the prevailing idea is of an endless march of precarity, rendering work ever more contingent and workers ever more disposable. However, this detailed study of the UK labour force challenges the picture of rising precarity and widespread use of temporary employment, suggesting instead that employment tenure and the extent of temporary work have proved stubbornly stable over the past four decades. Choonara offers a new approach to labour markets, drawing on the theoretical underpinnings of Marxist political economy to interrogate research data from the UK. This book examines why, despite the deteriorating



conditions in work, employment relations have remained stable, and offers insight into the extent of subjective insecurity among workers. Insecurity, Precarious Work and Labour Markets will be of use to students and scholars across the sociology of work, labour economics, industrial relations and political economy.