This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Smith, V. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

"It's the End of Work as We Know It...But Maybe Not"

University of California, Davis

Jeremy Rifkin's 1995 book, The End of Work, has recently been reissued, "updated for the 21st century." Rifkin's prediction of how changing technologies will displace workers and lead to massive global unemployment by the mid-21st century has been repeatedly cited by many academics, policy makers, and members of the public. This essay revisits Rifkin's argument, asking, "How well does it stand a decade later?" The author contends that although The End of Work will continue to generate lively debate, it doesn't provide a defensible sociological guide for understanding work trends and, in fact, probably never should have been viewed as one.

Key Words: joblessness • technology • employment • occupational predictions

Work and Occupations, Vol. 33, No. 3, 303-306 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0730888406290118


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?