This book contests the hegemonic discourse around ‘worklessness’ – and dominant definitions of what we recognize as ‘work’. It argues the current ‘crisis’ in economic inactivity is merely the latest in a long line of moral panics that have exaggerated the scale of ‘worklessness’ while denying the value of unpaid labour many ‘workless’ people do.
VOICES @ECREA 2026 Conference
The VOICES consortium presented on the topic of ‘Nostalgia and populist challenges in post-industrial communities: Futurephobia and the reimagination of the past’ at the ECREA 2026 conference in Brno, 8–11 September 2026. Conference abstract: Post-industrial Read more