Labour Exploitation and Work-Based Harm

Sam Scott (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2017
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-2203-0 (ISBN)

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This book provides a critical understanding of contemporary forced labour as a global social problem and argues that it should be located within the broader study of work-based harm.

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.

Sam Scott is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Gloucestershire. He specialises in international migration, labour markets and workplace regulation. He has worked at the Universities of Sheffield, Liverpool, Bristol and Exeter, studied at the University of Sheffield and the Sorbonne in Paris, and has extensive experience of research consultancy. Most recently (2010-2012) Sam completed two reports for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) on forced labour in the UK. Before this, he examined employers‘ attitudes to migrant and indigenous labour in the food industry (2007-2009). He has published widely on these issues.

Introduction
The labour exploitation continuum
Lessons of history
Direct workplace controls
Indirect workplace controls
Exogenous controls
Navigating the edges of acceptability
Preventing exploitation and harm
Conclusions

Erscheinungsdatum	05.04.2017
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Social Harm
Zusatzinfo	39 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-4473-2203-7 / 1447322037
ISBN-13	978-1-4473-2203-0 / 9781447322030
Zustand	Neuware