Industry 4.0 and the Future of Work

Global Production Networks, Global Disassembly Networks, and the Circular Economy

Al Rainnie, Andrew Herod, Susan McGrath-Champ (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2024
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80037-536-9 (ISBN)

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This unique book offers an in-depth examination of the changing nature of work and the production of waste in a crisis-ridden era dominated by climate change and worker precarity.

This timely book offers an in-depth examination of the changing nature of work and the increasing production of waste in a crisis-ridden era dominated by climate change and worker precarity.

Focusing on the future of work and workers, the book explores the crucial relationship between global production networks and global disassembly networks, recognising the importance of this interdependence within a circular economy. Authors Al Rainnie, Andrew Herod and Susan McGrath-Champ conduct cross-disciplinary analyses to assess the effect of digitalization and automation upon the structure of work, in particular considering platform capitalism and the gig economy. They highlight concerns with respect to the Green New Deal and circular economy policies, emphasizing the need for a sensitive approach to geographical variations within capitalist landscapes.

Industry 4.0 and the Future of Work is a crucial read for students and researchers specializing in development economics, economic geography, labour economics, labour and industrial relations, discard studies and the sociology of work. Its cross-disciplinary approach will also be of interest to students of environmental studies, digital technology and history.

Al Rainnie, University of South Australia, Andrew Herod, Regents’ Professor, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, USA and Susan McGrath-Champ, Professor (Honorary) of Work and Employment Relations, Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies, The University of Sydney, Australia

Contents
Introduction to Industry 4.0 and the Future of Work
1 Rudiments
2 From GVCs to GPNS, i4.0, and beyond
3 What about the workers?
4 Platform capitalism and the gig economy
5 Waste and the circular economy
6 From global production networks to global disassembly
networks and back again
7 In the beginning was the waste …
8 Conclusion to Industry 4.0 and the Future of Work
References

Erscheinungsdatum	20.11.2024
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-80037-536-0 / 1800375360
ISBN-13	978-1-80037-536-9 / 9781800375369
Zustand	Neuware