Coerced
Work Under Threat of Punishment
by Erin Hatton
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Pub Date Mar 24 2020 | Archive Date Dec 07 2020
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Description
Coerced explores this world of coerced labor through an unexpected and compelling comparison of these four groups of workers, for whom a different definition of "employment" reigns supreme—one where workplace protections do not apply and employers wield expansive punitive power, far beyond the ability to hire and fire. Because such arrangements are common across the economy, Hatton argues that coercion—as well as precarity—is a defining feature of work in America today.
Theoretically forceful yet vivid and gripping to read, Coerced compels the reader to reevaluate contemporary dynamics of work, pushing beyond concepts like "career" and "gig work." Through this bold analysis, Hatton offers a trenchant window into this world of work from the perspective of those who toil within it—and who are developing the tools needed to push back against it.
Advance Praise
"Written with clarity and style, this is a book that offers the best of sociology: a mix of people's compelling, even tragic stories and an innovative contribution to what we know about work, highlighting a poorly understood phenomenon that nonetheless is happening right under our noses and that illustrates some important trends. I would definitely assign this."—Allison J. Pugh, author of The Tumbleweed Society: Working and Caring in an Age of Insecurity
“By recognizing similarities between very different types of workers—prisoners, graduate student assistants, college athletes, and workfare workers—Erin Hatton illuminates status coercion, a system of labor control that is transforming work and labor in America. Her interviews with such workers vividly reveal how they experience and resist such work.”—Arne L. Kalleberg, author of Precarious Lives: Job Insecurity and Well-Being in Rich Democracies
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9780520305410 |
PRICE | $29.95 (USD) |
PAGES | 304 |