Post-growth work : employment and meaningful activities within planetary boundaries / Irmi Seidl, Angelika Zahrnt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Seidl, Irmi, 1962- editor.

Zahrnt, Angelika, 1944- editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Sustainable development.

Employment (Economic theory).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 Employment, meaningful activity and the post-growth society p. 3 / Irmi Seidl and Angelika Zahrnt

2 On the historical development of work p. 19 / Andrea Komlosy

3 Value orientation and meaningful activity in the post-growth society p. 33 / Ernst Fritz-Schubert

4 Revaluations of work: enabling and combining a diversity of activities p. 43 / Stefanie Gerold

Part 2 Employment and meaningful activities: actors p. 55

5 The role of consumers: social participation beyond work and the market p. 57 / Corinna Fischer and Immanuel Stieß

6 The role of businesses in the creation of sustainable work p. 72 / Gerrit Von Jorck and Ulf Schrader

7 Employment in the tension between ecology and distributive justice: the role of trade unions p. 85 / Norbert Reuter

8 Voluntary charitable activity: motivation, requirements, accomplishments p. 97 / Theo Wehner

Part 3 Employment and meaningful activities: sectors p. 105

9 Formal and informal care work p. 107 / Jonas Hagedorn

10 Meaningful activities in agriculture: agro-culture as a guiding principle p. 122 / Franz-Theo Gottwald and Irmi Seidl and Angelika Zahrnt

11 Digitalisation and concepts of extended work p. 134 / Linda Nierling and Bettina-Johanna Krings

Part 4 The socio-economic context p. 147

12 Social security in the post-growth society p. 149 / Gisela Kubon-Gilke

13 An employment-friendly tax system p. 160 / Angela Köppl and Margit Schratzenstaller

14 Work in low- and middle-income countries p. 176 / Georg Stoll

15 The prospects for practical action p. 201 / Irmi Seidl and Angelika Zahrnt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

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ISBN:

9781003187370

1003187374

9781000429138

100042913X

9781000429091

1000429091

Publisher Number:

40030891689

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