Private Government : : How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) / / Elizabeth Anderson.
Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we can't see itOne in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship." Yet that number probably would be even higher if we recognized most employers for what they are-private governments with sweeping auth...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2017 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The University Center for Human Values Series ;
44 |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9781400887781 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)501146 (OCoLC)984692303 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Anderson, Elizabeth, author. Private Government : How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) / Elizabeth Anderson. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The University Center for Human Values Series ; 44 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Macedo, Stephen -- Author's Preface -- 1. When the market Was "left" -- 2. Private Government -- Comments -- 3. Learning from the levellers? / Hughes, Ann -- 4. Market rationalization / Bromwich, David -- 5. Help Wanted: subordinates / Kolodny, Niko -- 6. Work isn't so Bad after all / Cowen, Tyler -- Response -- 7. Reply to Commentators / Anderson, Elizabeth -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we can't see itOne in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship." Yet that number probably would be even higher if we recognized most employers for what they are-private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives, on duty and off. We normally think of government as something only the state does, yet many of us are governed far more-and far more obtrusively-by the private government of the workplace. In this provocative and compelling book, Elizabeth Anderson argues that the failure to see this stems from long-standing confusions. These confusions explain why, despite all evidence to the contrary, we still talk as if free markets make workers free-and why so many employers advocate less government even while they act as dictators in their businesses.In many workplaces, employers minutely regulate workers' speech, clothing, and manners, leaving them with little privacy and few other rights. And employers often extend their authority to workers' off-duty lives. Workers can be fired for their political speech, recreational activities, diet, and almost anything else employers care to govern. Yet we continue to talk as if early advocates of market society-from John Locke and Adam Smith to Thomas Paine and Abraham Lincoln-were right when they argued that it would free workers from oppressive authorities. That dream was shattered by the Industrial Revolution, but the myth endures.Private Government offers a better way to talk about the workplace, opening up space for discovering how workers can enjoy real freedom.Based on the prestigious Tanner Lectures delivered at Princeton University's Center for Human Values, Private Government is edited and introduced by Stephen Macedo and includes commentary by cultural critic David Bromwich, economist Tyler Cowen, historian Ann Hughes, and philosopher Niko Kolodny. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019) Industrial relations. Quality of work life. Work. PHILOSOPHY / Political. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2017 9783110543322 print 9780691176512 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400887781?locatt=mode:legacy Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400887781.jpg |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Anderson, Elizabeth, |
spellingShingle |
Anderson, Elizabeth, Private Government : How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) / The University Center for Human Values Series ; Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Author's Preface -- 1. When the market Was "left" -- 2. Private Government -- Comments -- 3. Learning from the levellers? / 4. Market rationalization / 5. Help Wanted: subordinates / 6. Work isn't so Bad after all / Response -- 7. Reply to Commentators / Notes -- Contributors -- Index |
author_facet |
Anderson, Elizabeth, |
author_variant |
e a ea |
author_role |
VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Anderson, Elizabeth, |
author_additional |
Macedo, Stephen -- Hughes, Ann -- Bromwich, David -- Kolodny, Niko -- Cowen, Tyler -- Anderson, Elizabeth -- |
title |
Private Government : How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) / |
title_sub |
How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) / |
title_full |
Private Government : How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) / Elizabeth Anderson. |
title_fullStr |
Private Government : How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) / Elizabeth Anderson. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Private Government : How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) / Elizabeth Anderson. |
title_auth |
Private Government : How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Author's Preface -- 1. When the market Was "left" -- 2. Private Government -- Comments -- 3. Learning from the levellers? / 4. Market rationalization / 5. Help Wanted: subordinates / 6. Work isn't so Bad after all / Response -- 7. Reply to Commentators / Notes -- Contributors -- Index |
title_new |
Private Government : |
title_sort |
private government : how employers rule our lives (and why we don't talk about it) / |
series |
The University Center for Human Values Series ; |
series2 |
The University Center for Human Values Series ; |
publisher |
Princeton University Press, |
publishDate |
2017 |
physical |
1 online resource Issued also in print. |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Author's Preface -- 1. When the market Was "left" -- 2. Private Government -- Comments -- 3. Learning from the levellers? / 4. Market rationalization / 5. Help Wanted: subordinates / 6. Work isn't so Bad after all / Response -- 7. Reply to Commentators / Notes -- Contributors -- Index |
isbn |
9781400887781 9783110543322 9780691176512 |
callnumber-first |
H - Social Science |
callnumber-subject |
HD - Industries, Land Use, Labor |
callnumber-label |
HD4904 |
callnumber-sort |
HD 44904 A53 42017EB |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400887781?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400887781.jpg |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
300 - Social sciences |
dewey-tens |
300 - Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
dewey-ones |
306 - Culture & institutions |
dewey-full |
306.36 |
dewey-sort |
3306.36 |
dewey-raw |
306.36 |
dewey-search |
306.36 |
doi_str_mv |
10.1515/9781400887781?locatt=mode:legacy |
oclc_num |
984692303 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT andersonelizabeth privategovernmenthowemployersruleourlivesandwhywedonttalkaboutit |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)501146 (OCoLC)984692303 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2017 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Private Government : How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2017 |
_version_ |
1770176764176236544 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04960nam a22008055i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9781400887781</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20190523123322.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">190523s2017 nju fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781400887781</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1515/9781400887781</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)501146</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)984692303</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">nju</subfield><subfield code="c">US-NJ</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">HD4904</subfield><subfield code="b">.A53 2017eb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">LAW054000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PHI019000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">POL010000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">POL013000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">306.36</subfield><subfield code="2">23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Anderson, Elizabeth, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Private Government :</subfield><subfield code="b">How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) /</subfield><subfield code="c">Elizabeth Anderson.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Princeton, NJ : </subfield><subfield code="b">Princeton University Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2017]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2017</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">The University Center for Human Values Series ;</subfield><subfield code="v">44</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Introduction / </subfield><subfield code="r">Macedo, Stephen -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Author's Preface -- </subfield><subfield code="t">1. When the market Was "left" -- </subfield><subfield code="t">2. Private Government -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Comments -- </subfield><subfield code="t">3. Learning from the levellers? / </subfield><subfield code="r">Hughes, Ann -- </subfield><subfield code="t">4. Market rationalization / </subfield><subfield code="r">Bromwich, David -- </subfield><subfield code="t">5. Help Wanted: subordinates / </subfield><subfield code="r">Kolodny, Niko -- </subfield><subfield code="t">6. Work isn't so Bad after all / </subfield><subfield code="r">Cowen, Tyler -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Response -- </subfield><subfield code="t">7. Reply to Commentators / </subfield><subfield code="r">Anderson, Elizabeth -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Notes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contributors -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we can't see itOne in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship." Yet that number probably would be even higher if we recognized most employers for what they are-private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives, on duty and off. We normally think of government as something only the state does, yet many of us are governed far more-and far more obtrusively-by the private government of the workplace. In this provocative and compelling book, Elizabeth Anderson argues that the failure to see this stems from long-standing confusions. These confusions explain why, despite all evidence to the contrary, we still talk as if free markets make workers free-and why so many employers advocate less government even while they act as dictators in their businesses.In many workplaces, employers minutely regulate workers' speech, clothing, and manners, leaving them with little privacy and few other rights. And employers often extend their authority to workers' off-duty lives. Workers can be fired for their political speech, recreational activities, diet, and almost anything else employers care to govern. Yet we continue to talk as if early advocates of market society-from John Locke and Adam Smith to Thomas Paine and Abraham Lincoln-were right when they argued that it would free workers from oppressive authorities. That dream was shattered by the Industrial Revolution, but the myth endures.Private Government offers a better way to talk about the workplace, opening up space for discovering how workers can enjoy real freedom.Based on the prestigious Tanner Lectures delivered at Princeton University's Center for Human Values, Private Government is edited and introduced by Stephen Macedo and includes commentary by cultural critic David Bromwich, economist Tyler Cowen, historian Ann Hughes, and philosopher Niko Kolodny.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="530" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Issued also in print.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Industrial relations.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Quality of work life.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Work.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PHILOSOPHY / Political.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2017</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110543322</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="c">print</subfield><subfield code="z">9780691176512</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400887781?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400887781.jpg</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-054332-2 PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2017</subfield><subfield code="b">2017</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_PLTLJSIS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_PLTLJSIS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA14ALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA16SSH</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA1ALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA2</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA2HUM</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA7ENG</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA9PRIN</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |