The Last Good Job in America

Work and Education in the New Global Technoculture

By:

Stanley Aronowitz

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire

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Money, jobs, careers, training_all are topics often overheard in the conversation of middle-class Americans. One of the nation's leading critics of education, the world of work, and the labor movement, Stanley Aronowitz shows how new technologies, labor, and education all are deeply intertwined in our culture and everyday lives. This book reflects Aronowitz's thinking at a time when globalization has brought these connections to broad public attention. Aronowitz argues for the decline of 'the job' as the backbone, along with family, of American society. Despite high employment, low wages and job insecurity leave many families at or below the poverty line. The career instability previously experienced mostly by blue-collar workers has spread to middle managers and high-level executives caught in the rapid movement of capital and technologies. In light of these facts, Aronowitz argues for a new social contract between employers and workers.

Author Biography:

The Nation has described Stanley Aronowitz as 'a larger-than-life' figure who has vigorously defended American labor through his public speeches, organizing, and academic writings. He lives in Manhattan, where he is distinguished professor of sociology and cultural studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Release date NZ

November 12th, 2007

Author

Stanley Aronowitz

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

282

Series

Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire

Dimensions

154x229x21

ISBN-13

9780742560260

Product ID

5323593

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