This book explores the contemporary conditions of marginal work within the context of persistent unemployment, poverty, and homelessness in wealthy nations. Drawing from research concerning three citiesMelbourne, San Francisco, and LondonJessica Gerrard offers a rich account of one of the most precarious informal forms of work: selling homeless street press (The Big Issue and Street Sheet). Combining analyses of sellersO everyday work experiences with theorizations of marginality, working, and learning, Gerrard provides much-needed insight into contemporary forms of entrepreneurial and precarious work. This book demonstrates that those who are unemployed and seemingly unproductive are, in fact, highly productive. They value, desire, and seek practical work experience whilst also struggling to fulfill the basic needs that many of us take for granted.
1. Introduction: Work, Poverty, and Capitalism2. Marginality Reconsidered3. Homeless Street Press: Historical and Contemporary Connections4. Time is Money5. Being Productive: Working, Not Begging6. Learning to Entrepreneurially Labour7. Working in Public: Value, Exchange, and Performance8. Moving On?: Pathways, Aspirations, and Stasis9. Epilogue: Enterprise on the Margins
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