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The Debate over Home-Based Work: Is Housework Labor or Not?, Slides of Sociology

The industrialization aspect of home-based work and the debate over whether housework should be considered labor. It discusses the distinction between working at home and from home, the social distribution of teleworkers, and the main similarities and distinctions between the two. Questions include the pre-industrial relic or exploitation of hidden labor, the impact on social disadvantage, the reasons for working from home now, and the benefits and costs for various groups.

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2011/2012

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Download The Debate over Home-Based Work: Is Housework Labor or Not? and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! Separation of home and work 1. A distinctive aspect of industrialisation 2. Domestic production replaced by domestic consumption – demand creation 3. Ensure the production and reproduction of (alienated) labour e.g.: emotional repair primary socialisation docsity.com Housework NOT Labour 1. No contract of employment (but what of family law?) 2. No exchange of labour for pay (but what of housekeeping?) docsity.com Social distribution of ‘from home’ work U.K. 2.4 million teleworkers = 7.4% of workforce Labour Market Distribution 74% private sector (43% self-employed). 13% annual increase Managers & Professionals = approx 66% Gender = approx. 66% male. docsity.com Working AT Home &FROM Home (main distinctions) 1. Low tech vs. High tech 2. Manufacturing/clerical vs. Professional/managerial 3. Secondary sector vs. Peripheral Primary sector 4. Female vs. Male 5. Socially marginal vs. Socially mainstream 6. Hidden vs. Encouraged docsity.com Working At Home & From Home (main similarities) 1. Distancing and risk-shifting 2. Social isolation. Absence of fringe benefits/ networks 3. Permanent availability for intermittent work docsity.com
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