Rethinking Work : Global Historical And Sociological Perspective

This edited volume brings together together global interdisciplinary perspectives on work from different regions of the world, including Europe, Africa and Asia, drawing on both historical and contemporary examples. The contributions address wide-ranging themes such as work and life cycle, work transform-ation, precarious work, informalization of work,labour migration, labour conflict and labour relations. The book is timely and innovative in its theoretical,empirical and methodological scope, providing key insights for rethinking work through interrelated global, interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives.