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Despotism on demand : how power operates in the flexible workplace /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Alex J., 1985- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Flexible work arrangements > Great Britain.
Flexible work arrangements > United States.
Hours of labor > Great Britain.
Hours of labor > United States.
Precarious employment > Great Britain.
Precarious employment > United States.
Industrial relations > Great Britain.
Industrial relations > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Internal states in the UK
  • Internal states in the USA
  • Despotic time in the UK : overcoming hegemonic constraints
  • Despotic time in the USA : undermining worker organization
  • The dynamics of work and scheduling gifts
  • Limits of control and spaces of resistance
  • Conclusions : control in the 21st century.