- 296 pages
- English
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About This Book
EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Labour exploitation is a highly topical though complex issue that has international resonance for those concerned with social justice and social welfare, but there is a lack of research available about it. This book, part of the Studies in Social Harm series, is the first to look at labour exploitation from a social harm perspective, arguing that, as a global social problem, it should be located within the broader study of work-based harm. Written by an expert in policy orientated research, he critiques existing approaches to the study of workplace exploitation, abuse and forced labour. Mapping out a new sub-discipline, this innovative book aims to shift power from employers to workers to reduce levels of labour exploitation and work-based harm. It is relevant to academics from many fields as well as legislators, policy makers, politicians, employers, union officials, activists and consumers.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of poems
- Lists of figures, tables and boxes
- List of abbreviations
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- I am a human being
- ONE: Introduction
- Equals
- TWO: The labour exploitation continuum
- The manager
- THREE: Lessons of history
- War alarm
- FOUR: Direct workplace controls
- The coffee maker
- FIVE: Indirect workplace controls
- The black eye
- SIX: Exogenous controls
- ‘Sitting down, you can do on your own time’
- SEVEN: Navigating the edges of acceptability
- Terrified animals
- EIGHT: Preventing exploitation and harm
- We
- NINE: Conclusions
- Notes
- References