Title | Paradigms lost: The social economy and the transition from employment to work |
Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Uluorta H |
Academic Department | Political Science |
Degree | Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D. |
Number of Pages | 374 |
University | York University (Canada) |
City | Toronto, ON |
Abstract | The Employment paradigm formed the dominant mode of development after the Second World War through to the late 1970s. Within this paradigm, labour was associated with formal full-time (male) employment in the capitalist market economy and subjectivity within the employment-as-identity nexus. However, the transformative forces of neo-liberal governance, American geo-political hegemony and the asymmetrical power of transnational capital have effectively terminated the Employment paradigm. This has triggered both unintended risks and a crisis of social reproduction. It is in this post-employment era that the social economy has emerged to form a significant challenge to existing understandings of labour and economy.In this dissertation I argue that a paradigm shift is underway from one defined under the rubric of Employment to a potential alternative theorized as Work. Utilizing a case study composed of organizations and workers within the Toronto social economy, I hypothesize that the prospective paradigm shift challenges both the binary of paid work/leisure that existed under the Employment paradigm and the understandings of economy and labour that underpin it. |
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