Contributive Injustice and Unequal Division of Labour in the Voluntary Sector

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2391940
AutoresBalihar Sanghera (0000-0001-9920-7375, University of Kent, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume23
Fascículo2
Páginas308-327
Data de publicação2018-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1360780418754905
OpenAlexW2789318516
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas25

This article examines how the unequal division of unpaid labour within voluntary organisations can produce contributive injustice. Contributive injustice occurs when people are denied the opportunity to have meaningful work and the recognition associated with it. The unequal social division of labour affects people's opportunities to access complex and routine tasks, shaping their capacity to develop their own abilities, respect, and self-esteem, and hence the meaningfulness of their work. The study uses the moral economy of labour perspective to understand and evaluate how the unequal division of labour can shape people's capabilities and well-being. While the article is sympathetic to Eliasoph's symbolic interactionist approach to volunteering, which seeks to focus on the quality of civic engagement and public dialogue, it reveals this framework to have some shortcomings. This empirical study is based upon an analysis of 41 participants' volunteering activities

Division of labour · Injustice · Political science · Public relations · Public sector · Sociology · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology