Alexa Damaska
Biographic Data
| ID | 6544048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexa Damaska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexa |
| FAMILY NAME | Damaska |
| SIGNATURE | DAMASKA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-1048-160X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Spirals of Care
This paper examines how organizationally supported resistance to paternalism and palliation unfolds on the frontlines of poverty governance. Sociological research shows that poverty in the United States is often managed through paternalist behavioral control or palliative minimalism. While frontline welfare workers sometimes provide more robust, client‐directed care, such resistance is typically sporadic because it lacks organizational support. D…
Melting consent
Michael Burawoy’s Manufacturing Consent remains foundational to labor process theory, but its analysis is rooted in the era of monopoly capitalism. This article extends Burawoy’s framework by examining platform-based food delivery work through an extended case study of DoorDash and Instacart in Greater Boston. We put Burawoy in conversation with Zygmunt Bauman to contrast labor processes under “solid modernity” marked by relative stability with t…
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Melting consent
Michael Burawoy’s Manufacturing Consent remains foundational to labor process theory, but its analysis is rooted in the era of monopoly capitalism. This article extends Burawoy’s framework by examining platform-based food delivery work through an extended case study of DoorDash and Instacart in Greater Boston. We put Burawoy in conversation with Zygmunt Bauman to contrast labor processes under “solid modernity” marked by relative stability with t…
Spirals of Care
This paper examines how organizationally supported resistance to paternalism and palliation unfolds on the frontlines of poverty governance. Sociological research shows that poverty in the United States is often managed through paternalist behavioral control or palliative minimalism. While frontline welfare workers sometimes provide more robust, client‐directed care, such resistance is typically sporadic because it lacks organizational support. D…
Capitalism (1 work) · Conversation (1 work) · Corporate governance (1 work) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (1 work) · Emotional Labor in Professions (1 work) · Ethics of care (1 work) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (1 work) · Hegemony (1 work) · Homelessness and Social Issues (1 work) · Labor Movements and Unions (1 work)