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After introducing the book, we will hear from an outstanding panel, reflecting on the diversity of perspectives and actors engaged with听:

• Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the听International Trade Union Confederation听and former President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

• Jayati Ghosh, Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, member ofUnited Nations High-Level Advisory Board听on Economic and Social Affairs, and former Chairperson of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

• Nicol谩s Grau,听Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction of听Chile

• Thomas Piketty, Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics-EHESS, France, and author of听Capital in the Twenty-First Century

• Moderator,听Sharon Block, Professor of Practice and Executive Director of theLabor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School听and former Acting Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for the Biden Administration.听

The panel will be听followed by a 30 minute-discussion between the audience and us, the 13 authors of the book. This discussion will be chaired by听Adelle Blackett听of 缅北强奸. We hope to see you then!

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鈥淒emocratize Work鈥� at the University of Chicago Press

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Translated by Miranda Richmond Mouillot

An urgent and deeply resonant case for the power of workplace democracy to restore balance between economy and society.

What happens to a society鈥攁nd a planet鈥攚hen capitalism outgrows democracy? The tensions between democracy and capitalism are longstanding, and they have been laid bare by the social effects of COVID-19. The narrative of 鈥渆ssential workers鈥� has provided thin cover for the fact that society鈥檚 lowest paid and least empowered continue to work risky jobs that keep our capitalism humming. Democracy has been subjugated by the demands of capitalism. For many, work has become unfair.

In Democratize Work, essays from a dozen social scientists鈥攁ll women鈥攁rticulate the perils and frustrations of our collective moment, while also framing the current crisis as an opportunity for renewal and transformation. Amid mounting inequalities tied to race, gender, and class鈥攁nd with huge implications for the ecological fate of the planet鈥攖he authors detail how adjustments in how we organize work can lead to sweeping reconciliation. By treating workers as citizens, treating work as something other than an asset, and treating the planet as something to be cared for, a better way is attainable. Building on cross-disciplinary research, Democratize Work is both a rallying cry and an architecture for a sustainable economy that fits the democratic project of our societies.

Contributors include Alyssa Battistoni (Barnard College of Columbia University), Adelle Blackett (缅北强奸), Julia Cag茅 (Sciences Po), Neera Chandhoke (University of Delhi), Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen), Imge Kaya Sabanci (IE Business School), Sara Lafuente (European Trade Union Institute), H茅l猫ne Landemore (Yale University), Fl谩via M谩ximo (Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil), and Pavlina R. Tcherneva (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College).