Revaluing Work(ers)

Tobias Schulze-Cleven is an associate professor and co-director of the Center for Global Work and Employment at the School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University–New Brunswick. His research examines the comparative political economy of labor markets and higher education in the rich democracies. Trained as a political scientist and working in a department of labor studies and employment relations, Schulze-Cleven engages across disciplines to understand the politics of work in the digital era. He has published in outlets such as Comparative Political Studies, German Politics, Higher Education, Journal of Industrial Relations, New Political Economy, and Politics & Society.Todd E. Vachon is faculty coordinator of the Labor Education Action Research Network at Rutgers University's School of Management and Labor Relations. His research agenda seeks to understand the structural origins and consequences of inequality and the struggles of ordinary people to achieve greater equality and dignity through education, organizations, and movements. To this end, Vachon has published widely on labor and social movements, social stratification, and the intersection of work and environmental issues in journals such as Socius, Social Science Research, Labor Studies Journal, Sociological Forum, and the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.

In summary, the volume makes a convincing argument for how the re-evaluation of work and workers can serve as a means to increase sustainability and safeguard democracy with a specific focus on the United States. With its strong theoretical and conceptual chapters as well as its versatile empirical chapters, it effectively demonstrates the importance and poten- tial of collective action, raises interest in the field of labor studies, and shows how the debate on the future of work can be given new impetus by re-centering it around people's needs.(ILR Review)