The Handbook for the Future of Work (Hardcover, 1)

Part I: Introduction??1. An Introduction to the Handbook for the Future of Work??Part 2: Futures of Work in Context??2. The future of work: A history? 3. What is the fourth industrial revolution? Toward a critical theory of the future of work? 4. Financialisation of work futures??Part 3: Automation, Technology and the Future of Work??5. The political economy of labour and technological disruptions in capitalism? 6. Automation and the future of work? 7. Resisting determinism(s): Unpacking cognitive technology and automation??Part 4: Platforms, Platform Labour and Gig Work??8. Platform labour and gig work futures: Uncovering women’s hidden digital labour? 9. Non-labour platforms and their effects on work in specific sectors: a major gap in recent research on work and employment? 10. Fighting the algorithm: The rise of activism in the face of platform inequality??Part 5: Identity and Difference in the Future of Work??11. A future of racial capitalism: Reproducing coercion through new digital labour in South Africa? 12. Disability and the Future of Work? 13. Work, wealth and the future: Evolving class structures and social mobility in a changing world of work??Part 6: Gender, Care and Social Reproduction??14. Gender and The Future of Work in the Affective and Agile Economies? 15. Queering the Future of Work: Queer and trans temporalities for (re)thinking work and social reproduction? 16. Care and the Future of Work??Part 7: Sectoral Case Studies??17. Services are the future of work? 18. Industry 5.0 and the future of work in manufacturing in Australia? 19. A means to an end? The role of technology in growth and post-growth futures of agrifood work in a European context??Part 8: Labour Market Transitions and Insecurity??20. Young Workers: Understanding labour market transitions and improving job quality? 21. Considering the futures of unpaid work? 22. Navigating self-employment in the evolving landscape of work: reflecting on the past and anticipating the future??Part 9: Mobilities and Geographies of Work Futures??23. Global production and the future of work: Past, present and futures of just-in-time? 24. Reshaping the geography of work: Remote worker migration and regional dynamics in the post-pandemic era? 25. Resisting precarity in city-regions??Part 10: Policy and the Politics of Work??26. Industrial relations and the futures of work: efficiency, equity and voice in the 21st century? 27. Welfare policy: the role of social protection and active labour market programmes in the future of work? 28. Politics and the future of work: Routine work, automation risk and redistributive preferences in the age of populism??Part 11: Environment and the Future of Work??29. Green jobs, just transition and the future of work? 30. Energy transitions and the future of decent work in Asian garment factories? 31. Thermal Futures of Work: Intertwined economic and environmental trajectories under climate change??Part 12: Conclusion??32. Conclusions and future challenges: The end of work and the end of history