Modern Times, Ancient Hours by Giacomo Donis
The West suffers from intense work pressure, longer and less well paid hours. This text is a sociological analysis of the relationship between overwork and unemployment. The only possible response, the author claims, is a renewal of the working class struggle.
As Basso emphasizes in this urgent and authoritative investigation, nothing is more corrosive of social solidarity than the 'American disease' of longer work hours and greater economic inequalityThe Third World, as he so powerfully documents, is in our own frontyard. -- Mike Davis
Basso navigates through a vast scholarly landscape without ever losing track of his question: what does the shaping of work hours tell us about capitalism? A compelling mix of erudition and politics. -- Saskia Sassen
Basso navigates through a vast scholarly landscape without ever losing track of his question: what does the shaping of work hours tell us about capitalism? A compelling mix of erudition and politics. -- Saskia Sassen
Pietro Basso is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Masters course in Immigration at the University of Venice, Italy. His works include Disoccupati e stato(The Unemployed and the State), Raize schiave e razze signore: Vecchi e nuovi razzismi (Slave Races and Master Races: Racism Past and Present), and, co-edited with F. Perocco, Immigrazione e trasformazione delta societa (Immigration and the Transformation of Society).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781859845653 |
| ISBN 10 | 1859845657 |
| Title | Modern Times, Ancient Hours |
| Author | Giacomo Donis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2003-06-17 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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