The Future of Work? The Political Theory of Work and Leisure

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ID6232722
AutoresJulie L Rose (0000-0002-0553-0524, Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA; email: [email protected], autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume27
Fascículo1
Páginas283-300
Data de publicação2024-07-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnnual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577
EditoraAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev-polisci-041719-102644
OpenAlexW4391880245
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas57

The prospect of rapid technological development and automation has heightened attention toward issues of work and leisure, prompting many to ask what the future of work will be. Though this question is sometimes asked as a matter of forecasting, the path forward is not predetermined. A range of collective choices shape the conditions of people's work and leisure. It is essential for these choices to be guided by consideration of what the future of work should be. This article reviews recent literature in normative political theory about work and leisure, focusing on how they should be conceptualized, the multidimensional values and disvalues associated with both, and the grounds of people's claims to each. It highlights how the goods and bads of work and leisure are unequally shared by class, race, and gender, as well as the theoretical and practical advantages of considering people's interests in work and leisure in conjunction

Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Work (physics · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law