[p2p-research] Fwd: Book by Phoebe Moore: International Political Economy of Work and Employability

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Phoebe Moore <P.Moore at salford.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:22 PM
Subject: Book cover
To: michelsub2004 at gmail.com


Hi Michel

My book is out! Here is the blurb from the back of the book, not sure
whether you wanted to put it as a book of the week?

All the best, Phoebe

Dr Phoebe Moore, International Political Economy of Work and Employability,
Palgrave Macmillan, September 2010

Global shifts to a knowledge-based economy have led to the
semiproletarianisation of labour and the emergence of a transnational
precariat class. It has allowed for the propaganda of the emancipation of
labour by way of membership in the creatives club. Workers and the rising
unemployed are increasingly expected to become self-managing lifelong
learners due to the impact of technological development. Dr Moore conducts a
critical investigation of how employment and education policy in three
different locations is informed by a dominant view of what should make a
person 'employable', created by the elite, and then looks for new models for
post-capitalist production such as peer to peer communities that can
overcome this binding set of rules. The International Political Economy of
Work and Employability provides the basis for research into the dramatic
impact of global instability on workers such as is seen in the context of
the recent recession.

'Phoebe Moore makes an important contribution to our understanding of the
fundamental changes to International Political Economy over recent years.
Her impressive analyses of education policy linked to "employability" as a
means of producing forms of subjectivity that sustain neoliberal reforms
even against their economic failures will be critical tools in the hands of
scholars, researchers, organizers and activists. Her case studies underscore
the convergences occasioned by neoliberal policies even in the contexts of
diverse national and cultural experiences. This book makes a compelling case
for bringing work, labour, and production "back in" to the study of
International Political Economy.'

- Matt Davies, Newcastle University, UK

'This book provides one of the richest and most systematic comparisons of
skills revolutions in three countries in the east and west. Phoebe Moore
introduces brilliantly the International Political Economy of Work and
Employability into the literature on employability and skills.'

- Joohee Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ewha Womans
University, Korea

Phoebe Moore lectures in International Relations and International Political
Economy at University of Salford, UK and has two interrelated research
interests: globalised labour struggle and post-capitalist models for
socio-political economies.

Dr Phoebe Moore

Lecturer in International Relations & International Political Economy

Programme Leader, MA in International Relations and Globalisation

http://www.salford.ac.uk/course-finder/course/1779

Profile http://www.espach.salford.ac.uk/page/Phoebe_Moore

Editor Discussion Papers IPEG http://bisa-ipeg.org/ipegpapers.htm

Editorial Board Capital and Class http://cseweb.org.uk <
http://cseweb.org.uk/>




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