Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)

(Part of the The University Center for Human Values Series Series)

by Elizabeth S. Anderson

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Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments--and why we can't see it

One in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship." Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are--private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives. Many employers minutely regulate workers' speech, clothing, and manners on the job, and employers often extend their...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691192243

ISBN13:9780691192246

Release Date:April 2019

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.66 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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Philosophy Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)

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