Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)
(Part of the The University Center for Human Values Series Series)
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Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments--and why we can't see it
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.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0691192243
ISBN13:9780691192246
Release Date:April 2019
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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