Work and Livelihoods : History, Ethnography and Models in Times of Crisis

• Other Authors: Narotzky, Susana (Editor), Goddard, Victoria (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Business & management; companies; company; outsourcing; plant; redonda; steel; town; trade; union; volta
• Online Access: Get fulltext
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (238 p.)
• ISBN: 9781315747804; 9781317602446; 9781138813984; 9781138612860
• Access: Open Access

Winner of the Society for the Anthropology of Work book prize 2017 This volume presents a global range of ethnographic case studies to explore the ways in which - in the context of the restructuring of industrial work, the ongoing financial crisis, and the surge in unemployment and precarious employment - local and global actors engage with complex social processes and devise ideological, political, and economic responses to them. It shows how the reorganization and re-signification of work, notably shifts in the perception and valorization of work, affect domestic and community arrangements and shape the conditions of life of workers and their families.