Technology and the Future of Work The Impact on Labour Markets and Welfare States

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Synopsis

We are witnessing the development of new technologies that could have a dramatic impact on markets for both skilled and unskilled labour, including the use of Big Data. In addition, many welfare states have once again been restructured, sometimes weakening states’ protection of employees. This timely book provides a systematic and vigorous analysis of the impact of new technology on the labour market and different kinds of welfare states.

The book offers a novel contribution to the discussion of how welfare states can be maintained and developed to support groups in society who often need aid from a welfare state system. It also highlights the risk of increased social division as a consequence of these developments, and considers whether or not our response to this divide will have negative repercussions on the way societies function.

With comprehensive analysis of the sharing and platform economies as well as new types of inequality, Technology and the Future of Work will appeal to academics and graduate students of social policy and readers interested in societal change more broadly.

Book details

Author:
Bent Greve
ISBN:
9781786434296
Related ISBNs:
9781786434289
Publisher:
Edward Elgar Publishing
Pages:
168
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-01-06
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
Edward Elgar Publishing 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Sociology, Technology