Precarious Enterprise on the Margins
Work, Poverty, and Homelessness in the City
This book explores the contemporary conditions of marginal work within the context of persistent unemployment, poverty, and homelessness in wealthy nations. Drawing from research concerning three cities-Melbourne, San Francisco, and London-Jessica Gerrard offers a rich account of one of the most precarious informal forms of work: selling homeless street press (The Big Issue and Street Sheet). Combining analyses of sellers' everyday work experiences with theorizations of marginality, working, and learning, Gerrard provides much-needed insight into contemporary forms of entrepreneurial and precarious work. This book demonstrates that those who…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-137-59483-9
- EAN: 9781137594839
- Produktnummer: 23813143
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'546 KB
Über den Autor
Jessica Gerrard is Senior Lecturer in Education, Equity, and Politics at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
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