Private government : how employers rule our lives (and why we don't talk about it)
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Anderson, Elizabeth, 1959-
Contributors
Macedo, Stephen, 1957- writer of introduction.
Hughes, Ann, 1951- author.
Bromwich, David, 1951- author.
Kolodny, Niko, author.
Cowen, Tyler, author.
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HD4904 .A53 2017
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Industrial relations.
Quality of work life.
Work.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Industrial relations
Quality of work life
Work
Other Subjects
Arbeitsbeziehungen
Arbeitssoziologie
enterprise.
industrial relations.
labor.
labour relations.
personnel management.
Quality of work life.
Qualité de la vie au travail.
Relations industrielles.
Travail.
Work
Work.

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Book
Physical Desc
xxiii, 196 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
UPC
13252383

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-181) and index.
Description
Based on two lectures given in 2014 by the author during the Tanner Lectures on Human Values delivered at Princeton University, followed by four commentaries by eminent scholars and the author's response to the commentators. Anderson questions the authoritarian control workers have been forced to give to their employers in order to remain employed and historically why this goes against American ideology of free market values.
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"One in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship." Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are--private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives. Many employers minutely regulate workers' speech, clothing, and manners on the job, and employers often extend their authority to the off-duty lives of workers, who can be fired for their political speech, recreational activities, diet, and almost anything else employers care to govern. In this compelling book, Elizabeth Anderson examines why, despite all this, we continue to talk as if free markets make workers free, and she proposes a better way to think about the workplace, opening up space for discovering how workers can enjoy real freedom." -- Publisher's description
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Anderson, E., Macedo, S., Hughes, A., Bromwich, D., Kolodny, N., & Cowen, T. (2017). Private government: how employers rule our lives (and why we don't talk about it) . Princeton University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Elizabeth Anderson et al.. 2017. Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk About It). Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Elizabeth Anderson et al.. Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk About It) Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Anderson, E., Macedo, S., Hughes, A., Bromwich, D., Kolodny, N. and Cowen, T. (2017). Private government: how employers rule our lives (and why we don't talk about it). Princeton: Princeton University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Anderson, Elizabeth, et al. Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk About It) Princeton University Press, 2017.

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