Coerced: Work Under Threat of PunishmentWhat do prisoner laborers, graduate students, welfare workers, and college athletes have in common? According to sociologist Erin Hatton, they are all part of a growing workforce of coerced laborers. Coerced explores this world of coerced labor through an unexpected and compelling comparison of these four groups of workers, for whom a different definition of "employment" reigns supreme—one where workplace protections do not apply and employers wield expansive punitive power, far beyond the ability to hire and fire. Because such arrangements are common across the economy, Hatton argues that coercion—as well as precarity—is a defining feature of work in America today. Theoretically forceful yet vivid and gripping to read, Coerced compels the reader to reevaluate contemporary dynamics of work, pushing beyond concepts like "career" and "gig work." Through this bold analysis, Hatton offers a trenchant window into this world of work from the perspective of those who toil within it—and who are developing the tools needed to push back against it. |
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Contents
Coerced Labor | 31 |
Tables | 86 |
Subjugation | 100 |
Themes of Othering and Dehumanization | 127 |
Agency and Resistance | 139 |
Resistance Strategies in Coercive Labor Regimes | 143 |
and CounterHegemony | 171 |
Appendix A The Story of This Book | 213 |
Quick Reference Guide | 221 |
Descriptive Statistics | 222 |
Quick Reference Guide | 223 |
Descriptive Statistics | 224 |
Quick Reference Guide | 225 |
Descriptive Statistics | 226 |
Notes | 227 |
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| Title | Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment |
| Author | Erin Hatton |
| Publisher | Univ of California Press, 2020 |
| ISBN | 0520305418, 9780520305410 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Criminology Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity |
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