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Book Description: Routledge, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 192 pages. 9.45x6.30x0.55 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0415457939

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Book Description: Taylor and Francis(Routledge), 2008. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. (192 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. Against the background of increasing interest in the changing nature and quaity of work, The Poitica Economy of Work offers a new and unique assessment of the theoretica anaysis of work. The author chaenges some common preconceptions about work and promotes an origina approach to the fied, contempating the nature and deveopment of ideas on work and its impact on human we-being drawing on such burgeoning iteratures as the 'economics of happiness'. Spencer approaches the subject through a carefu examination of the history of thought on work over the ast three hundred years. A key focus is the deveopment of ideas on work in mainstream economics, starting with the mercantiists and the cassica economists, and continuing with neocassica economists (e.g. Jevons, Marsha). The contributions of modern approaches incuding the new 'information-theoretic' economics and the new 'economics of happiness' are aso discussed. The author sees faws in the depiction of work in mainstream economics and instead draws insight from the writings of critics of the mainstream paradigm, such as the nineteenth century 'utopian' writers (Godwin, Fourier, Carye, Ruskin, Morris), Marx, and the od institutiona economists (Commons, Veben). The aternative approach outined in the book stresses the barriers to rewarding work under capitaism and deveops a case for radica change in the organisation of work. The book cuts across different discipinary boundaries and is ikey to appea to researchers in a number of different fieds, incuding abour economics, abour history, the socioogy of work, industria reations, and human resource management. It wi appea to a those who wish to promote a more critica understanding of the roe that work can and ought to pay in society. 1 Introduction, 2 In the sweat of thy brow: concepts of work in pre-cassica and cassica economics, 3 Work contra the cassica economists: pro-work sentiments in the ate eighteenth century and nineteenth century, 4 The Marxian view of work, 5 From pain cost to opportunity cost: the ecipse of the quaity of work as a factor in economic theory, 6 Institutiona perspectives on work, 7 Mainstream economics and the hidden abode of production, 8 Concusion A short review cannot do justice to the quaity and the depth of this important book about how economics and its critics treat the subject of work An extraordinary amount of information is packed into this readabe voume. It wi be especiay usefu to students who want a short introduction to the attitudes toward work represented by key historica figures. Essentia. -- M. Pereman, Caifornia State University, CHOICE (Juy 2009, Vo. 46) I wish I had written this book. David Spencer has produced a schoary, ucidy written and totay convincing anaysis of the treatment of work in the history of economic thought, from the eary Mercantiists right down to the present day. It is a marveous achievement. This book wi become a cassic. - J.E King, La Trobe University, History of Economics Review What can economics te us about work? To answer this question, David Spencer has investigated the roe that work has payed in economic theory, from the time of the industria revoution ti the present day. With the surprising range of perspectives he uncovers he deivers a sharp critique to modern-day neocassica orthodoxy, and to recent theories of happiness at work. This is a deepy insightfu book that shoud obige abour economists and socioogists to think further about their most basic assumptions. -- Francis Green, University of Kent Work matters A timey and highy engaging intervention into contemporary debates on the nature of work and the so-caed ‘economics of happiness’ (why we’re not as contented as we coud be), Spencer shows us that another conception of work is possibe. -- David Harvie, University of Leicester, UK In The Poitica Economy of Work, David Spencer uniquey accompishes three things tha. Bookseller Inventory # AG0415457939

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