Precarious Enterprise on the Margins: Work, Poverty, and Homelessness in the City
Autor Jessica Gerrarden Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 iul 2017
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781137594822
ISBN-10: 1137594829
Pagini: 227
Ilustrații: XIII, 214 p. 6 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:2017
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan US
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1137594829
Pagini: 227
Ilustrații: XIII, 214 p. 6 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:2017
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan US
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
1. Introduction: Work, Poverty, and Capitalism.- 2. Marginality Reconsidered.- 3. Homeless Street Press: Historical and Contemporary Connections.- 4. Time is Money.- 5. Being Productive: Working, Not Begging.- 6. Learning to Entrepreneurially Labour.- 7. Working in Public: Value, Exchange, and Performance.- 8. Moving On?: Pathways, Aspirations, and Stasis.- 9. Epilogue: Enterprise on the Margins.
Notă biografică
Jessica Gerrard is Senior Lecturer in Education, Equity, and Politics at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
This book explores the contemporary conditions of marginal work within the context of persistent unemployment, poverty, and homelessness in wealthy nations. Drawing from research concerning three cities—Melbourne, San Francisco, and London—Jessica Gerrard offers a rich account of one of the most precarious informal forms of work: selling homeless street press (The Big Issue and Street Sheet). Combining analyses of sellers’ everyday work experiences with theorizations of marginality, working, and learning, Gerrard provides much-needed insight into contemporary forms of entrepreneurial and precarious work. This book demonstrates that those who are unemployed and seemingly unproductive are, in fact, highly productive. They value, desire, and seek practical work experience whilst also struggling to fulfill the basic needs that many of us take for granted.
Caracteristici
Draws on and contributes to current debate and research surrounding inequality and marginality within contemporary society Develops the relationship between work and education Engages with literature regarding the nature of contemporary work, and the centrality of work culture and practice in modern life