The many futures of work rethinking expectations and breaking molds

Foreword /Peter Georgescu --Introduction: Achieving the Promise of Work /Peter A. Creticos --The Impact of Bias and Structural Inequality on Work.1. Preparing for the Future of Work in Regions and Cities /Jonathan Barr and Karen E. Maguire --Gender and the U.S. Labor Market: Change and Continuity /R...

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Körperschaften: Conference "The Many Futures of Work: Possibilities and Perils" (VerfasserIn), Institute for Work & the Economy (Herausgebendes Organ)
Weitere Verfasser: Creticos, Peter A. (HerausgeberIn), Bennett, Larry (HerausgeberIn), Owen, Laura J. (HerausgeberIn), Spirou, Costas (HerausgeberIn), Morphis-Riesbeck, Maxine (HerausgeberIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia Temple University Press 2021
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Zusammenfassung:Foreword /Peter Georgescu --Introduction: Achieving the Promise of Work /Peter A. Creticos --The Impact of Bias and Structural Inequality on Work.1. Preparing for the Future of Work in Regions and Cities /Jonathan Barr and Karen E. Maguire --Gender and the U.S. Labor Market: Change and Continuity /Ruth Milkman --The Futures of Work and People with Disabilities /Susanne M. Bruyère --Are Immigrants Underskilled, or Are Their Jobs Underskilled? /Rob Paral --Structural Racism and Stratification: Understanding Racial Inequality in the American Workforce /Patrick L. Mason --Rising Economic Inequality: The Elephant in the Room.What's behind the Increase in Wage Inequality? /Eileen Appelbaum --The Investment Triad and Sustainable Prosperity /William Lazonick --Intersections and Barriers: Economic Justice and the Futures of Work in our Hemisphere /Oscar A. Chacón and Amy Shannon --The Platform Economy and Gig Workers: Expectations, Challenges, and Opportunities.The Original Gig Economy /James Bau Graves --Vorsprung durch Technik: The Future of Work, Digital Technology, and the Platform Economy /Chris Warhurst, Chris Mathieu, and Sally Wright --Entrpreneurial Finance in the Platform Economy Era: What Consequences for Labor? /Martin Kenney and John Zysman --The Role of Labor Activism in the 21st Century.One Fair Wage: The Only Just Way Forward /Saru Jayaraman and Devan Shea --Hatching Labor's Phoenix: Sparking Mass Union Organizing in the United States /Stephen Herzenberg --New Frontiers of Worker Power: Challenges and Opportunities in the Modern Economy /Michelle Miller and Eric Harris Bernstein --Paths to the Future.Bending Futures and Meanings of Work, Careers, and Life-Course Pathways /Phyllis Moen --Commonwealth Companies: A Path to Restore Workers' Rights and Economic Democracy /Tom Croft and Annie Malhotra --Property not Pay: Restoring the Middle through Ownership /Christopher Mackin -- An Authentic 'Right to Work' /William A. Darity Jr. and Darrick Hamilton --Conclusion: Moving From the "Many Futures of Work" to "Achieving the Promise of Work" /Peter A. Creticos.
"The Many Futures of Work is a collection of essays by scholars, journalists, and activists from across the United States, all exploring what 'work' may eventually look like given trends in the economy, globalization, technology, society, and public policy."
Beschreibung:"Essays arising from the October 2017 conference "The Many Futures of Work: Possibilities and Perils," hosted by the Institute for Work and the Economy."
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xviii, 375 Seiten
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ISBN:9781439921449
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