03123nam 22007214a 450 991081956310332120200520144314.01-134-40491-30-203-35267-X1-134-40492-11-280-07750-60-203-40592-710.4324/9780203405925 (CKB)1000000000255412(EBL)200258(OCoLC)57175605(SSID)ssj0000310584(PQKBManifestationID)11276311(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310584(PQKBWorkID)10314645(PQKB)11646104(MiAaPQ)EBC200258(Au-PeEL)EBL200258(CaPaEBR)ebr10093722(CaONFJC)MIL7750(OCoLC)56551362(EXLCZ)99100000000025541220040106d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe struggle over work the 'end of work" and employment alternatives for post-industrial societies /Shaun Wilson, with the assistance of Peter McCarthy1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (243 p.)Routledge frontiers of political economy ;60Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.0-415-65208-1 0-415-30550-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-219) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The sociological sources of contemporary pessimism; Pessimistic origins: work in classical sociology; Work and the post-industrial pessimists; Post-industrial pessimism and three alternatives for work and society; Work without limit? Work and welfare in the US model; The basic income challenge to work and welfare; Labour movements and work: exhausted alliances or new challenges?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe future of work in advanced industrial democracies is the subject of intense debate and public concern. Despite predictions that working hours would fall and leisure time would rise as society progressed, the opposite has in fact occurred. This new book contains a twofold investigation into 'the end of work' with theoretical and policy angles contributing to the growing research field on the boundaries of economics and sociology.Routledge frontiers of political economy ;60.Labor economicsWorkSocial aspectsLabor policyUnited StatesLabor movementUnited StatesSocial policy1993-Labor economics.WorkSocial aspects.Labor policyLabor movement.331/.01Wilson Shaun1971-1753065MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819563103321The struggle over work4188631UNINA