Sharing the Work, Sparing the Planet: Work Time Reduction, Consumption and the Environment [Paperback]

Anders Hayden (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1856498182 | ISBN-13: 978-1856498180 | Publication Date: February 19, 2000

This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date and thoughtful account of "work time reduction" which is being increasingly discussed and experimented with in many countries, particularly in Western Europe. The idea embraces an innovative range of possibilities, including a shorter working week, early retirement, and parental leave. The author argues that work time reduction can contribute to reducing ecological stress as an environmentally sound response to unemployment (some 35 million people are jobless in OECD countries) and by encouraging new notions of progress based on more free time rather than more material consumption. The author explores the political, economic, and cultural obstacles to be overcome.

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Anders Hayden is a research and policy coordinator of 32 hour: Action for Full Employment.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Zed Books (February 19, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1856498182
• ISBN-13: 978-1856498180
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,865,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Saving Mother Earth, November 1, 2000

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This review is from: Sharing the Work, Sparing the Planet: Work Time Reduction, Consumption and the Environment (Paperback)

This book adds a powerful new dimension to the array of arguments for reducing hours of work. Sharing the Work, Sparing the Planet stands out for that reason from the recent stream of books advocating cutting the hours of work. Hayden shares the concerns of many writers - job creation, improved quality of life for the employed, balancing work and family, and equity between North and South and men and women - but adds a compelling environmental basis for cutting working time. It is among the very best books on the subject of working time.

The stress that consumption in the North puts on the Earth's ecology is the main concern of the book but make no mistake: This book is about cutting the hours that we work.