https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Logistical-Meanderings https://booksandideas.net/Logistical-Meanderings 2019-01-07T07:00:00Z text/html en Carlotta Benvegnù & David Gaborieau Society labour sociology flexibility working class Institut français logistics warehouse <p>The term ‘logistics' refers to work connected to warehouses: storage, order packing, handling etc. These activities, which are often too arduous to be carried out over the long term, now structure the condition of the working classes and their career paths.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Liberty-Security-Flexibility https://booksandideas.net/Liberty-Security-Flexibility 2012-02-16T11:17:12Z text/html en Elodie Béthoux Society capitalism employment labour sociology wage-earning flexibility capabilities Institut français <p>Sociologist Bénédicte Zimmerman's empirical studies of employer groups and participative management reveals how the tension that exists between the individual and the collective is being reshaped in today's flexible organizations. “Flexicurity” is not a mere word. And freedom at work is not just a matter of autonomy.</p>