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Covid and change

Covid: Laurie Taylor explores the political economy of the pandemic and its impact on our working and home lives.

Covid: Laurie Taylor explores the impact of the pandemic on our working and home lives. Will Davies, Professor in Political Economy at Goldsmiths, University of London, suggests it has revealed the politics of our economy, offering prosperity to some and hardships to others. He鈥檚 joined by Heejung Chung, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Kent, whose research explores the impact of Covid on flexible working . Has it led to a more equal division of labour for heterosexual couples or entrenched existing inequalities?

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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Mon 23 May 2022 00:15
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Unprecedented? How Covid-19 revealed the politics of our economy by Will Davies, Sahi Jai Dutta, Nick Taylor and Martina Tazzioli (Goldsmiths, University of London)




The Flexibility Paradox: Why Flexible Working Leads to (Self-)Exploitation听产测 聽(Policy Press)

by Heejung Chung, Holly Birkett, Sarah Forbes and Hyojin Seo in Gender and Society (March 2021)

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  • Mon 23 May 2022 00:15
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