Chapter 17: Work
- Universal Basic Income and Cognitive Capitalism: A Post-work Dystopia in the Making? - This article questions whether Basic Universal Credit would facilitate a break from neo-liberal capitalism. Using an episode of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror it considers what a Universal Basic Income-Future may look like, providing a critique of the utopian image of a post-work society.
1. What is a post-work society?
2. According to academics how may Universal Basic Income improve the lives of individuals?
3. Why may Universal Basic Income fail to overcome neoliberal capitalism?
- Commentary: The Future of Work and Retirement - This article provides an overview of research exploring the changing patterns of work and retirement, which highlights the challenges this raises for contemporary society.
1. How have labour force participation rates for men aged between 55–64 changed since 1995?
2. According to Walker what are the consequences of early retirement and early exit?
3. Why may trade unions support early retirement?
- Mechanisms of Invisibility: Rethinking the Concept of Invisible Work - This article seeks to redefine the concept of invisible work and provides an overview of the factors which make this work invisible.
1. What did Daniel's original concept of 'invisible work' describe?
2. How may sociocultural mechanisms render work invisible?