The Laziness Myth : Narratives of Work and the Good Life in South Africa /

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When people cannot find good work, can they still find good lives? By investigating this question in the context of South Africa, where only 43 percent of adults are employed, Christine Jeske invites readers to examine their own assumptions about how work and the good life do or do not coincide. The...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jeske, Christine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Black people > Employment > South Africa.
Blacks > Employment > South Africa.
Happiness > South Africa.
Laziness > South Africa.
Quality of life > South Africa.
Unemployed > South Africa > Attitudes.
Unemployment > Social aspects > South Africa.
Well-being > South Africa.
Work ethic > South Africa.
Work > Psychological aspects.
Work > South Africa > Psychological aspects.
Anthropology.
Discrimination & Race Relations.
Labor History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
the good life, causes of unemployment, racism in the workplace, unemployment in south africa, neoliberal entrepreneurial narrative.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction: "We want to live a good life"
  • 1. "They don't want to work": The Laziness Myth
  • 2. "You can't understand it": Employers' Perspectives of the Unemployed
  • 3. "I need to respect that person and that person needs to respect me": The Respect Narrative
  • 4. "Hustling is when you try to make a good life": The Hustling Narrative
  • 5. "I'm just a laborer": The Laborer Narrative
  • 6. "I have a good story": Possibilities
  • Closing Thoughts: "Despite the contradictions"
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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