The liminal worker [ an ethnography of work, unemployment and precariousness in contemporary Greece
The Liminal Worker examines the experience of work, employment, employment insecurity and precariousness in a context of high unemployment and welfare state crisis in modern Greece. A theoretically-informed, anthropological exploration of the notion of work in contemporary western society and its re...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Surrey, England :
Ashgate ,
c2013
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| Series: | Urban anthropology
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| Online Access: | http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/ASHGATEB0002603/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html |
| Summary: | The Liminal Worker examines the experience of work, employment, employment insecurity and precariousness in a context of high unemployment and welfare state crisis in modern Greece. A theoretically-informed, anthropological exploration of the notion of work in contemporary western society and its relation to processes of political decision making, this book challenges the mainstream conception of work as an economic or purely productive activity, presenting a comparative analysis of work as a social phenomenon. Drawing on original empirical research, it explores the key themes of the transform |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-261) and index |
| ISBN: | 1472400984 9781409428237 9781409428244 9781472400987 |