Work and Livelihoods: History, Ethnography and Models in Times of Crisis (Routledge Studies in Anthropology)

**Winner of the Society for the Anthropology of Work book prize 2017** This volume presents a global range of ethnographic case studies to explore the ways in which - in the context of the restructuring of industrial work, the ongoing financial crisis, and the surge in unemployment and precarious employment - local and global actors engage with complex social processes and devise ideological, political, and economic responses to them. It shows how the reorganization and re-signification of work, notably shifts in the perception and valorization of work, affect domestic and community arrangements and shape the conditions of life of workers and their families. This Volume Presents A Global Range Of Ethnographic Case Studies To Explore The Ways In Which - In The Context Of The Restructuring Of Industrial Work, The Ongoing Financial Crisis, And The Surge In Unemployment And Precarious Employment - Local And Global Actors Engage With Complex Social Processes And Devise Ideological, Political, And Economic Responses To Them. It Shows How The Reorganization And Re-signification Of Work, Notably Shifts In The Perception And Valorization Of Work, Affect Domestic And Community Arrangements And Shape The Conditions Of Life Of Workers And Their Families.-- 1. Work And Livelihoods: An Introduction -- Section I. Past, Present And Future: Generations In Times Of Crisis -- 2. Lost Generations? Unemployment, Migration And New Knowledge Regimes In Post Eu Poland -- 3. Credentialism And Recommendations: The Bases Of The Reproduction Of The Metallurgical Working Class In Contemporary Argentina -- 4. Continuity And Disruption: The Experiences Of Work And Employment Across Three Generations Of Steelworkers In Volta Redonda -- Section Ii. Continuities And Discontinuities -- 5. Post-fordist Work Organization And Daily Life From A Gender Perspective: The Case Of Fiat-sata In Melfi -- 6. Opening The Black Box Of Employability: Change Competence, Masculinity And Identity Of Steelworkers In Germany And The Uk -- 7. Employment Precariousness And Social Reproduction In The Shipbuilding Industry Of Piraeus -- Section Iii. Lives Of Worth -- 8. Regimes Of Value And Worthlessness: How Two Subaltern Stories Speak -- 9. Post-industrial Landscape: Space And Place In The Personal Experiences Of Residents Of The Former Working-class Estate Of Ksawera In Będzin -- Section Iv. The Politics Of Resistance -- 10. Workers And Populism In Slovakia -- 11. 'a Trojan Horse In Our Midst': The Saturn Plant And The Disorganization Of Autoworkers In The Us -- 12. Getting By Beyond Work, Or The Intertwining Of Production And Reproduction Among Heavy Industry Workers And Their Families In Ferrol, Spain -- Making Difference: Concluding Comments On Work And Livelihoods. Edited By Susana Narotzky And Victoria Goddard. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Figures 9 Acknowledgments 10 List of Contributors 11 1 Work and Livelihoods: An Introduction 16 Section I Past, Present and Future: Generations in Times of Crisis 44 2 Lost Generations? Unemployment, Migration and New Knowledge Regimes in Post EU Poland 46 3 Credentialism and Recommendations: The Bases of the Reproduction of the Metallurgical Working Class in Contemporary Argentina 61 4 Continuity and Disruption: The Experiences of Work and Employment across Three Generations of Steelworkers in Volta Redonda 75 Section II Continuities and Discontinuities 90 5 Post-Fordist Work Organization and Daily Life from a Gender Perspective: The Case of FIAT-SATA in Melfi 92 6 Opening the Black Box of Employability: Change Competence, Masculinity and Identity of Steelworkers in Germany and the UK 108 7 Employment Precariousness and Social Reproduction in the Shipbuilding Industry of Piraeus 124 Section III Lives of Worth 136 8 Regimes of Value and Worthlessness: How Two Subaltern Stories Speak 138 9 Post-industrial Landscape: Space and Place in the Personal Experiences of Residents of the Former Working-class Estate of Ksawera in Będzin 152 Section IV The Politics of Resistance 170 10 Workers and Populism in Slovakia 172 11 ‘A Trojan Horse in Our Midst’: The Saturn Plant and the Disorganization of Autoworkers in the US 187 12 Getting by Beyond Work, or the Intertwining of Production and Reproduction among Heavy Industry Workers and Their Families in Ferrol, Spain 202 Afterword 218 Making Difference: Concluding Comments on Work and Livelihoods 220 Index 232 History, Ethnography and Models in Times of Crisis