Virtual Workers and the Global Labour Market
Juliet Webster (Ed.)
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Description for Virtual Workers and the Global Labour Market
Hardback. Editor(s): Webster, Juliet; Randle, Dr. Keith. Series: Dynamics of Virtual Work. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFF; JHBL; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 519.
The emerging world of virtual work is not tied to physical workplaces or particular locations, but is dispersed and footloose. It is frequently precarious, and blurs the boundaries between work and non-work, production and consumption. Contributors to this wide-ranging volume of case studies identify the growing and diverse army of virtual workers. Building from an overarching introduction which discusses the salient features of virtual work, this collection considers the challenges in analysing the class position of virtual workers. Virtual Workers ... Read more
The emerging world of virtual work is not tied to physical workplaces or particular locations, but is dispersed and footloose. It is frequently precarious, and blurs the boundaries between work and non-work, production and consumption. Contributors to this wide-ranging volume of case studies identify the growing and diverse army of virtual workers. Building from an overarching introduction which discusses the salient features of virtual work, this collection considers the challenges in analysing the class position of virtual workers. Virtual Workers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Dynamics of Virtual Work
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137479181
SKU
V9781137479181
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Juliet Webster (Ed.)
Juliet Webster is the Director of Work and Equality Research, a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics, UK and an Associate of the Gender and ICT Group, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Spain. Previous publications include Shaping Women's Work: Gender, Employment and Information Technology; The Information Society in Europe and Gender, Science and Information Technologies. ... Read more
Reviews for Virtual Workers and the Global Labour Market
The reader is treated to a discerning presentation of how work has become a fluid concept, encompassing elements such as play, consumption, and social reproduction, traditionally left outside the work/labour rubric. ... This is an informative book that does bring ideas to the table, highly recommended to someone wanting to get a feel of the field ... . (Konstantinos ... Read more