The Harms of Work: An Ultra-Realist Account of the Service Economy

Author:   Anthony Lloyd (Teesside University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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Pages:   200
Publication Date:   09 October 2019
Format:   Paperback
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The Harms of Work: An Ultra-Realist Account of the Service Economy


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Author:   Anthony Lloyd (Teesside University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529204032


ISBN 10:   1529204038
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   09 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 – Reinterpreting social harm; Chapter 2 – Restructuring labour markets; Chapter 3 – Organisational culture and management practice; Chapter 4 – The absence of stability; Chapter 5 – The absence of protection; Chapter 6 – The positive motivation to harm; Chapter 7 – The violence of ideology; Conclusion.

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Drawing on original and insightful ethnographic research, this book is indispensable for academics, practicioners and policy makers interested in the harms associated with contemporary service work. A compelling and thought-provoking read. Sam Scott, University of Gloucestershire


Author Information

Dr Anthony Lloyd is Co-Director at the Teesside Centre for Realist Criminology and Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Sociology at the School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Law, Teesside University. His research interests include work and employment, labour markets and the leisure and service economy, consumer culture, social harm, critical criminology, youth identity and transitions, political economy, debt, social theory, class cultures, and social change. He researches broadly on the topics of work and leisure, most recently investigating the lives of young men and women engaged in low-paid service sector jobs in the North East. He has published work in this area, including his first book, Labour Markets and Identity on the Post-Industrial Assembly Line (Ashgate, 2013).

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