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Precarious Enterprise on the Margins - Work, Poverty, and Homelessness in the City (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Precarious Enterprise on the Margins - Work, Poverty, and Homelessness in the City (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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This book explores the contemporary conditions of marginal work
within the context of persistent unemployment, poverty, and
homelessness in wealthy nations. Drawing from research concerning
three cities-Melbourne, San Francisco, and London-Jessica Gerrard
offers a rich account of one of the most precarious informal forms
of work: selling homeless street press (The Big Issue and Street
Sheet). Combining analyses of sellers' everyday work experiences
with theorizations of marginality, working, and learning, Gerrard
provides much-needed insight into contemporary forms of
entrepreneurial and precarious work. This book demonstrates that
those who are unemployed and seemingly unproductive are, in fact,
highly productive. They value, desire, and seek practical work
experience whilst also struggling to fulfill the basic needs that
many of us take for granted.
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