Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy - Brossura

Perlin, Ross

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ISBN 10: 1844678830 ISBN 13: 9781844678839

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 2012

Riassunto

Millions of young people—and increasingly some not-so-young people—now work as interns. They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand magazine offices, legislative backrooms, and Hollywood studios, but they also deliver aid in Afghanistan, map the human genome, and pick up garbage. Intern Nation is the first exposé of the exploitative world of internships. In this witty, astonishing, and serious investigative work, Ross Perlin profiles fellow interns, talks to academics and professionals about what unleashed this phenomenon, and explains why the intern boom is perverting workplace practices around the world.

The hardcover publication of this book precipitated a torrent of media coverage in the US and UK, and Perlin has added an entirely new afterword describing the growing focus on this woefully underreported story. Insightful and humorous, Intern Nation will transform the way we think about the culture of work.

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Recensione

'Perlin contends that most internships are illegal, according to the Fair Labor and Standards Act, stripping people who are employees in all but name of workers' rights.' --New Yorker

'A portrait of how white-collar work is changing - thought-provoking and at times jaw-dropping - almost a companion volume to Naomi Klein's celebrated 2000 expose of modern sweatshops, No Logo.' --Andy Beckett, Guardian

'A compelling investigation of a trend that threatens to destroy 'what's left of the ordered world of training, hard work and fair compensation' - Full of restrained force and wit, this is a valuable book on a subject that demands attention.' Observer; 'This vigorous and persuasive book ... argues that the fundamental issue is the growing contingency of the global workforce.' Roger D. Hodge, Bookforum; 'A book that offers landmark coverage of its topic.' --Andrew Ross, London Review of Books.

L'autore

Ross Perlin is a graduate of Stanford, SOAS, and Cambridge, and has written for, the New York Times, Time magazine, Lapham’s Quarterly, Guardian, Daily Mail, and Open Democracy. He is researching disappearing languages in China.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1844678830
• ISBN 13: 9781844678839
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 268