{"product_id":"the-work-we-need-hilary-cottam-9780349017471","title":"The Work We Need: The Humane Revolutionary Our Turbulent Century Needs' Jonathan Freedland","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Cottam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the humane revolutionary our turbulent century needs - and this book our roadmap to a better future' \u003c\/b\u003eJONATHAN FREEDLAND, author of \u003ci\u003eTHE ESCAPE ARTIST\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHighly recommend - practical and full of human wisdom\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBrimming with ideas to transform the future\u003c\/b\u003e' KATE RAWORTH, author of \u003ci\u003eDOUGHNUT ECONOMICS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWork, for decades, has been debated and discussed as a narrow economic category. Instead, Hilary Cottam identifies work as a cultural force at the heart of good lives, strong communities and a sense of a shared national destiny. Crucially, in these dramatic times, she shows how we can shape this force to meet technological change, our ecological crisis and the challenges of the world's deep injustices. We can create a work revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ambitious but rooted in the ideas of everyday experts - real workers from all walks of life - this is a realistic and hopeful book. Hilary Cottam has crossed the UK and the USA; she's spent time in communities considered by outsiders as 'left behind' and in places at the centre of financial and technological power. Drawing on a fascinating range of sources - historians, trade unionists, business leaders, philosophers and most originally, hours of her imaginative workshops with workers - Hilary Cottam boldly asks: how can we redesign work? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Our challenges - political, social, economic and environmental - are tangled and growing. But so are the imaginative solutions. In this exciting, inspiring and optimistic book, Hilary shows us how we could work differently and live better. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'So valuable . . . Hilary Cottam proposes a bold new vision of what the principles underlying 'good work' might be' MARIANA MAZZUCATO, UCL professor and author of \u003ci\u003eMISSION ECONOMY\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '\u003cb\u003eTimely . . . guides the changes needed\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCARLOTA PEREZ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eExposes what motivates workers today - not the things most business leaders think - and shows how new thinking would benefit us all. Compelling\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMARTHA LANE FOX \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eUrgent, compelling and ultimately hopeful \u003c\/b\u003e. . .\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNecessary and Inspiring\u003c\/b\u003e' CAROLINE LUCAS, Green Party MP and author of \u003ci\u003eANOTHER ENGLAND\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilary Cottam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0349017476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780349017471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Virago Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Hilary Cottam","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520112341247,"sku":"9780349017471","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ea6a188-c251-4686-a5b0-4df0ba8dbaf0.jpg?v=1778740821","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-work-we-need-hilary-cottam-9780349017471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}