Beyond the Wage: Ordinary Work in Diverse Economies

Front Cover -- Beyond The Wage: Ordinary Work In Diverse Economies -- Copyright Information -- Dedication -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes On Contributors -- Introduction: Work Beyond The Wage -- Provincializing The Wage -- Conceptualizing Work: Three Approaches -- Commodified Work -- Informal Work -- Precarious Work -- Ordinary Work: Towards An Alternative Framework -- Structure Of The Book -- Ruptures -- Resignations -- Struggles -- Possibilities -- References -- Part I Ruptures -- 1 Shit Wages And Side Hustles: Ordinary Working Lives In Nairobi, London And Berlin Side Hustles -- Hustling As Place Making In Nairobi -- Side Hustling In London -- Hustling For Papers In Berlin -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Work Of Looking For Work: Surviving Without A Wage In Austerity Britain -- Work And Welfare At A Time Of Austerity -- The Rise And Fall Of Wage Employment In The Valleys -- Surviving Without A Wage In Austerity Britain -- The Work Of Looking For Work -- Work Without A Wage -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Seeking Attachment In The Fissured Workplace: External Workers In The United States The Rise Of The External Worker -- Affective Commitments Of External Workers -- Researching Workplace Attachments -- Seeking Connection In The Fissured Workplace -- Taking Pride In One's Organization -- Being Included And Valued -- Care Through Fringe Benefits -- Working For A Common Goal -- Forming Social Relationships -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Part Ii Resignations -- 4 Wilful Resignations: Women, Labour And Life In Urban India -- Precarity And De-feminization In The New Economy Of Urban India -- Researching Women And Work In New Delhi, India Resignations And Respectability -- Strategies For Sustaining Lives -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 5 Be Your Own Boss: Entrepreneurial Dreams On The Urban Margins Of South Africa -- Entrepreneurism In The 'informal Economy': From Condemnation To Celebration? -- Life And Labour In Zandspruit -- Hloni: The Fixer -- Thatho: The 'connector' -- Time, Obligation And Flexible Reciprocity -- 'be Your Own Boss': On The Appeal Of Wageless Life -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- References 6 Work Outside The Hamster's Cage: Precarity And The Pursuit Of A Life Worth Living In Catalonia -- Economic Alterity And Work Outside The Wage In Catalonia: A Short History -- Escaping The Hamster's Cage -- Work Outside The Assalariat -- Fatigue, Frustration And Exit -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 Choosing To Be Unfree? The Aspirations And Constraints Of Debt-bonded Brick Workers In Cambodia -- Choosing Unfreedom? Unfree Labour As Oppression And Choice -- Agency And Constraint: The Journey From Village To Kiln In Cambodia Edited By William Monteith, Dora-olivia Vicol And Philippa Williams. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.