Essentiality of Work
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Essentiality of Work

  1. 260 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Essentiality of Work

About this book

The Covid-19 pandemic both popularized and politicized the designation of essential work. Interrogating the dialectics of essential work, this volume of Research in the Sociology of Work presents original research that explores the essentiality of work and highlights the experiences of essential workers during the pandemic, drawing on empirical studies in Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Demonstrating an enduring struggle for recognition and dignity, as well as for revaluing and materially rewarding essential work, contributors examine the emotional labour involved in gendered care work, the impact of COVID-19 on residential care work, the politics of essentiality and the diversity and intersectional inequality of essential workforces. The final chapters are the first of a new recurring section spotlighting ethnography by presenting both new empirical research and in-depth reviews of extant contributions. Raising pressing questions about the essence of work and its place in contemporary society, Essentiality of Work inspires new debates about the centrality of the work experience and how labour is understood in modern life both for those undertaking work as well as those who benefit.

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Yes, you can access Essentiality of Work by Markus Helfen,Rick Delbridge,Andreas (Andi) Pekarek,Gretchen Purser,Andreas Pekarek in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Organisational Behaviour. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Half Title page
  2. Series page
  3. Editorial Advisory Board
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. About the Editors
  8. About the Contributors
  9. Chapter 1: Essential Work, Inessential Workers?
  10. Chapter 2: Doing Essential ‘Dirty Work’: Making Visible the Emotion Management Skills in Gendered Care Work
  11. Chapter 3: Defining Essential: How Custodial LABOUR Became Synonymous with Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  12. Chapter 4: Fear and Professionalism on the Front Line: Emotion Management of Residential Care Workers Through the Lens of COVID-19 as a ‘Breaching Experiment’
  13. Chapter 5: The Politics of Essentiality: Praise for Dirty Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  14. Chapter 6: Essential Workers in the United States: An Intersectional Perspective
  15. A Note from the Editors: Introducing ‘Spotlight on Ethnography’
  16. Chapter 7: Floral Ethics and Aesthetics: Understanding Professional Expertise at Work
  17. Chapter 8: Ethnographic Studies of Essential Work: Jana Costas’ ‘Dramas of Dignity’ and Peter Birke’S ‘Grenzen aus Glas’ as Two German Exemplars
  18. Chapter 9: ‘More Than a Slight Ache’: On the Ethnographic Sensibility and Enduring Relevance of Studs Terkel’s Working*
  19. Index