Confronting Dystopia : : The New Technological Revolution and the Future of Work /

Confronting Dystopia : : The New Technological Revolution and the Future of Work / / ed. by Eva Paus.

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In Confronting Dystopia, a distinguished group of scholars analyze the implications of the ongoing technological revolution for jobs, working conditions, and income. Focusing on the economic and political implications of AI, digital connectivity, and robotics for both the Global North and the Global...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
MitwirkendeR:
Chandra, Vandana,
Duffy, Mignon,
Ernst, Dieter,
Ferraro, Vinnie,
Ford, Martin,
Franzoni, Juliana Martínez,
Nübler, Irmgard,
Paus, Eva,
Pollin, Robert,
Rueda, David,
Standing, Guy,
Sánchez-Ancochea, Diego,
Thewissen, Stefan,
HerausgeberIn:
Paus, Eva,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (306 p.) :; 1 chart, 10 graphs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Future Isn't What It Used to Be
  • Part I. Trends: Job Destruction and Job Creation
  • 2. The Rise of the Robots: Impact on Unemployment and Inequality
  • 3. New Technologies, Innovation, and the Future of Jobs
  • 4. Expanding Job Opportunities through Global Green Growth
  • 5. Building Sustainable Jobs and Supporting Human Potential in the Care Sector
  • Part II. Risks and Repercussions: Alternative Futures
  • 6. Taskers in the Precariat: Confronting an Emerging Dystopia
  • 7. Automated but Compensated? Technological Change and Redistribution in Advanced Democracies
  • 8. The Crisis of the Liberal International Order: Technological Change and the Rise of the Right
  • Part III. The Global South: Challenges and Opportunities
  • 9. Advanced Manufacturing and China's Future for Jobs
  • 10. Light Manufacturing Can Create Good Jobs in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 11. Why and How to Build Universal Social Policy in the South
  • Notes
  • References
  • List of Contributors
  • Index

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