Summary
Much of our life involves working, preparing for work, searching for work, or thinking and worrying about work. Whether paid or unpaid, free or coerced, full-time, part-time, or zero-hours, work defines us and helps shape our behavior both on and off the job.
In this accessible book, leading labor economist Bruce Pietrykowski offers a highly engaging exploration of the history and contemporary organization of work under capitalism. His clear presentation of the theoretical debates …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509530847 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509530843 |
| Author: | Bruce Pietrykowski |
| Publisher: | Polity Press |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 180 |
| Release Date: | 29 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 137mm x 213mm |
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Critics Review
�This bright, readable, and radical overview of labor economics points a smart finger at the work that goes on behind and beyond capitalist employment.�
Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts
�This book provides a lucid and readable introduction to the political economy of work for students and non-economists. Drawing on Marxist, feminist, and Post-Keynesian schools of thought, and a wealth of historical examples, Pietrykowski provides a toolkit to break the intellectual fetters of mainstream economics. Starting with the question of what is special about labor, Pietrykowski’s discussion covers labor-market inequality, work in the household, employer behavior, worker ownership, technological change, and much more.�
Ian Greer, Cornell University
�Bruce Pietrykowski has written a sharp and nuanced critique of mainstream perspectives in labor economics that will broaden readers’ understanding of what constitutes �work� in the modern economy.�
Journal of Labor and Society
Daniel James Joseph, Labour
Bruce Pietrykowski
Bruce Pietrykowski is Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan–Dearborn
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