The Dignity of Labour
Title | The Dignity of Labour PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Cruddas |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 143 |
Release | 2021-04-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1509540806 |
Does work give our lives purpose, meaning and status? Or is it a tedious necessity that will soon be abolished by automation, leaving humans free to enjoy a life of leisure and basic income? In this erudite and highly readable book, Jon Cruddas MP argues that it is imperative that the Left rejects the siren call of technological determinism and roots it politics firmly in the workplace. Drawing from his experience of his own Dagenham and Rainham constituency, he examines the history of Marxist and social democratic thinking about work in order to critique the fatalism of both Blairism and radical left techno-utopianism, which, he contends, have more in common than either would like to admit. He argues that, especially in the context of COVID-19, socialists must embrace an ethical socialist politics based on the dignity and agency of the labour interest. This timely book is a brilliant intervention in the highly contentious debate on the future of work, as well as an ambitious account of how the left must rediscover its animating purpose or risk irrelevance.
"All Labor Has Dignity"
Title | "All Labor Has Dignity" PDF eBook |
Author | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Publisher | Beacon Press |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2012-01-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0807086029 |
An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice Covering all the civil rights movement highlights--Montgomery, Albany, Birmingham, Selma, Chicago, and Memphis--award-winning historian Michael K. Honey introduces and traces Dr. King's dream of economic equality. Gathered in one volume for the first time, the majority of these speeches will be new to most readers. The collection begins with King's lectures to unions in the 1960s and includes his addresses made during his Poor People's Campaign, culminating with his momentous "Mountaintop" speech, delivered in support of striking black sanitation workers in Memphis. Unprecedented and timely, "All Labor Has Dignity" will more fully restore our understanding of King's lasting vision of economic justice, bringing his demand for equality right into the present.
The Dignity of Labour
Title | The Dignity of Labour PDF eBook |
Author | Iain Ferris |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 457 |
Release | 2021-01-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1445684225 |
The first book to present an analysis of images of working people in Roman society and to interpret the meaning and significance of these images. What did work mean to the Romans?
On Human Work
Title | On Human Work PDF eBook |
Author | Pope John Paul II |
Publisher | USCCB Publishing |
Pages | 78 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Labor |
ISBN | 9781555868253 |
The Holy Father's third encyclical focuses on "the dignity and rights of those who work."
The Dignity of Labor
Title | The Dignity of Labor PDF eBook |
Author | M.L. Hollis |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Labor |
ISBN |
The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Yeoman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 584 |
Release | 2019-01-03 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 019109238X |
The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work examines the concept, practices and effects of meaningful work in organizations and beyond. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume reflects diverse scholarly contributions to understanding meaningful work from philosophy, political theory, psychology, sociology, organizational studies, and economics. In philosophy and political theory, treatments of meaningful work have been influenced by debates concerning the tensions between work as unavoidable and necessary, and work as a source of self-realization and human flourishing. This tension has come into renewed focus as work is reshaped by technology, globalization, and new forms of organization. In management studies, much empirical work has focused on meaningful work from the perspective of positive psychology, but more recent research has considered meaningful work as a complex phenomenon, socially constructed from interactive processes between individuals, and between individuals, organizations, and society. This Handbook examines meaningful work in the context of moral and pragmatic concerns such as human flourishing, dignity, alienation, freedom, and organizational ethics. The collection illuminates the relationship of meaningful work to organizational constructs of identity, belonging, callings, self-transcendence, culture, and occupations. Representing some of the most up to date academic research, the editors aim to inspire and equip researchers by identifying new directions and methods with which to deepen scholarly inquiry into a topic of growing importance.
Economic Dignity
Title | Economic Dignity PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Sperling |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2021-10-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1984879898 |
“Timely and important . . . It should be our North Star for the recovery and beyond.” —Hillary Clinton “Sperling makes a forceful case that only by speaking to matters of the spirit can liberals root their belief in economic justice in people’s deepest aspirations—in their sense of purpose and self-worth.” —The New York Times When Gene Sperling was in charge of coordinating economic policy in the Obama White House, he found himself surprised when serious people in Washington told him that the Obama focus on health care was a distraction because it was “not focused on the economy.” How, he asked, was the fear felt by millions of Americans of being one serious illness away from financial ruin not considered an economic issue? Too often, Sperling found that we measured economic success by metrics like GDP instead of whether the economy was succeeding in lifting up the sense of meaning, purpose, fulfillment, and security of people. In Economic Dignity, Sperling frames the way forward in a time of wrenching change and offers a vision of an economy whose guiding light is the promotion of dignity for all Americans.