{"product_id":"9783031401534","title":"Women’s Work in the Pandemic Economy: The Unbearable Hazard of Hierarchy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWomen’s Work in the Pandemic Economy: The Unbearable Hazard of Hierarchy\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eJordan, Myfan\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores two unique studies of women’s economic behaviour during Australia’s COVID-19 crisis. The first describes the care ‘frontline’ in the feminised labor sectors of healthcare and education, identifying extreme workload pressures, deteriorating conditions, and a shockingly high incidence of workplace bullying: including women targeting other women workers. The author argues workplace cultures are almost inevitable in Australia’s advanced neoliberal economy, where a patri-colonial legacy continues to devalue and under-resource women’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast, a second study of \u003ci\u003evoluntary\u003c\/i\u003e care provisioning taking place in ‘hyperlocal digital sharing networks’ over the same period identifies very different economic behaviours. Here, women – and occasionally men – instead engage in ‘care-full’ labors of gifting, collective provisioning, and hive mind problem-solving, that align with the gift economy models seen in degrowth theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will interest scholars in gender studies, sociology, and economics, particularly those interested in care work, the gift economy, and women’s labor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2023-10-05\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031401534\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-40154-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 169\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44523293769868,"sku":"9783031401534","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031401534.jpg?v=1776869829","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031401534","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}