Precarious Enterprise on the Margins : Work, Poverty, and Homelessness in the City

This book explores the contemporary conditions of marginal work within the context of persistent unemployment, poverty, and homelessness in wealthy nations. Drawing from research concerning three cities-Melbourne, San Francisco, and London-Jessica Gerrard offers a rich account of one of the most pre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Gerrard, Jessica (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Entrepreneurship.
Lifelong learning.
Adult education.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Industrial sociology.
Poverty.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781137594839
DOI10.1057/978-1-137-59483-9
Physical DescriptionXIII, 214 p. 6 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Work, Poverty, and Capitalism
  • 2. Marginality Reconsidered
  • 3. Homeless Street Press: Historical and Contemporary Connections
  • 4. Time is Money
  • 5. Being Productive: Working, Not Begging
  • 6. Learning to Entrepreneurially Labour
  • 7. Working in Public: Value, Exchange, and Performance
  • 8. Moving On?: Pathways, Aspirations, and Stasis
  • 9. Epilogue: Enterprise on the Margins.

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