The future of work : super-exploitation and social precariousness in the 21st century

The future of work : super-exploitation and social precariousness in the 21st century / by Adrian Sotelo Valencia ; translated by Amanda Latimer.

This book analyses the processes, mutations and trends currently characterising the world of work that are bound up within the deep contradictions of a global capitalist system troubled by systemic crisis, where the old Fordist and Keynesian state order has been substituted by a minimal, pro-busines...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sotelo Valencia, Adrián (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Series:Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 81.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Labor > History > 21st century.
Capitalism > History > 21st century.
Economics.
economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Capitalism
Economics
Labor
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Rumbos del trabajo.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • The Future of Work: Super-exploitation and Social Precariousness in the 21st Century
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Structural Crisis and Abstract Labour
  • 1: Capital-labour as Antipodes?
  • Introduction
  • The World of Work: Extinction or Centrality in the Current Day?
  • Why Speak of Antipodes?
  • Why does It Persist in the 21st Century?
  • Conclusion
  • 2: The Labour Process and Productive Labour in Contemporary Capitalism
  • Introduction
  • The Labour Process (Constant and Variable Capital): A Re-evaluation
  • Theoretical Premises
  • Productive and Unproductive Labour
  • Conclusion
  • 3: The Structural Crisis of Capital Abstract Labour
  • Introduction
  • Absolute and Relative Surplus Value
  • The Crisis of Relative Surplus Value, the Dismeasure of Value, and the Devalorisation of Labour Power
  • The Capitalist Crisis as a Crisis of Value and Surplus Value
  • Conclusion
  • Part 2: The World of Work in the 21st Century
  • 4: Surplus Value and the Super-exploitation of Labour
  • Introduction
  • Exploitation and the Labour Theory of Value
  • Marini's Approach to the Sociology of Work
  • Two Patterns of Capital Accumulation: Structural Heterogeneity vs. Technological Standardisation
  • Labour Power: Strategic to the Production of Extraordinary Profits
  • The Precariousness of the World of Work
  • Conclusion
  • 5: The New Morphology of Capitalism
  • Introduction
  • The Socio-political Significance of Old and New Peripheries in the Global Economy
  • The Character of Super-exploitation under Advanced Capitalism
  • The Hegemony of Relative Surplus Value in Capitalism and Labour Super-exploitation
  • Critiques and Counter-critiques
  • Super-exploitation, Surplus Value and Rates of Profit
  • Exploitation in Advanced Countries.
  • Wages and Labour Productivity
  • Neoliberalism, Austerity and Labour Super-exploitation in Advanced Capitalism
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue: The Future of Work
  • References
  • Index.

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