Coerced : work under threat of punishment /

What do prisoner laborers, graduate students, welfare workers, and college athletes have in common? According to sociologist Erin Hatton, they are all part of a growing workforce of coerced laborers. Coerced explores this world of coerced labor through an unexpected and compelling comparison of thes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hatton, Erin Elizabeth, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
Temas:
Forced labor > United States.
Labor.
Industrial relations.
Forced labor.
Work
Travail forcé > États-Unis.
Travail.
Relations industrielles.
Travail forcé.
labor.
industrial relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Forced labor
Industrial relations
Labor
United States.
human exploitation.
prisoners.
sociology.
welfare.
workers rights.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:What do prisoner laborers, graduate students, welfare workers, and college athletes have in common? According to sociologist Erin Hatton, they are all part of a growing workforce of coerced laborers. Coerced explores this world of coerced labor through an unexpected and compelling comparison of these four groups of workers, for whom a different definition of ""employment"" reigns supreme--one where workplace protections do not apply and employers wield expansive punitive power, far beyond the ability to hire and fire
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780520973404
0520973402

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