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Dengler, C. and Lang, M. (2022) 'Commoning Care: Feminist Degrowth Visions for a Socio-Ecological Transformation', Feminist Economics, 28(1), pp. 1–28. Available at:
Federici, S. (2014) Caliban and the witch. Second rev. Brooklyn, New York: Autonomedia.
Federici, S. (2012) Revolution at point zero: housework, reproduction, and feminist struggle. Oakland, CA: PM Press.
Jackson, S. (1992) ‘Towards a historical sociology of housework’, Women’s Studies International Forum [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-5395(92)90097-f.
Klotz, M. (2006) ‘Alienation, labor, and sexuality in marx’s 1844 manuscripts’, Rethinking Marxism [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08935690600748124.
Köhnke, A.-M. (2020) Challenging our Conceptions of Work: Sex Work between Fiction and Reality. Master of Arts. University of Manchester. Available at:
Köhnke, A.-M., Mäki, A.U. and MacGregor, S. (2024) 'Interlocking Crises, Intersectional Visions: Ecofeminist Political Economy in Conversation with Degrowth', in L. Eastwood and K. Heron (eds) De Gruyter Handbook of Degrowth. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 311–326. Available at:
Littig, B. (2017) 'Good Green Jobs for Whom?', in S. MacGregor (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 318–330. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315886572.
Marx, K. (2010) ‘A Critique of Political Economy Volume I’, English [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/intimm/dxs035.
Mellor, M. (2017) 'Ecofeminist Political Economy: A green and feminist agenda', in S. MacGregor (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 86–100. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315886572.
TRONTO, J.C. (2015) Who Cares? 1st edn. Cornell University Press. Available at:
Velicu, I. and Barca, S. (2020) 'The Just Transition and its work of inequality', Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 16(1), pp. 263–273. Available at:
Wheeler, K. and Glucksmann, M. (2015) ‘“It’s kind of saving them a job isn’t it?” The consumption work of household recycling’, Sociological Review [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12199.
Yildirim, T.M. and Eslen-Ziya, H. (2021) 'The differential impact of COVID-19 on the work conditions of women and men academics during the lockdown', Gender, Work & Organization, 28(S1), pp. 243–249. Available at:
Köhnke, A.-M. (2019) Work as Wellbeing: Labour Conditions in Historical Perspective. Bachelor of Arts. University of Manchester. Available at:
Köhnke, A.-M. (2020) 'Behind the curtains: the complex reality of sex work', Institute for Research in Economic and Fiscal Issues. Available at:
Köhnke, A.-M. (2020) Challenging our Conceptions of Work: Sex Work between Fiction and Reality. Master of Arts. University of Manchester. Available at:
Köhnke, A.-M. (2021) 'Work and Personality Change What We Do Makes Who We Are, by Ying Wang and Chia-Huei Wu. Bristol University Press, Feb 4, 2021, 152 pp., ISBN: 978–1529207552, Price GBP 32.00.', British Journal of Industrial Relations, 59(4), pp. 1168–1170. Available at:
Köhnke, A.-M. (2022) The other side of the fence: Consumption, activism, and the Owens Park tower occupation, Sustainable Consumption Institute blog. Available at: (Accessed: 17 March 2024).
Köhnke, A.-M., Mäki, A.U. and MacGregor, S. (2024) 'Interlocking Crises, Intersectional Visions: Ecofeminist Political Economy in Conversation with Degrowth', in L. Eastwood and K. Heron (eds) De Gruyter Handbook of Degrowth. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 311–326. Available at:
Schramme, T. (2013) ‘“I hope that i get old before i die”: Ageing and the concept of disease’, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-013-9256-2.
Veltman, A. (2016) Meaningful Work. New York: Oxford University Press. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190618179.001.0001.
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Kroll, C. (2011) ‘Different Things Make Different People Happy: Examining Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being by Gender and Parental Status’, Social Indicators Research [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-010-9733-1.
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Nathan, P. (2018) 'Wake Up Strong: From Terra Nullius to Recognition', International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 15(2), pp. 103–113. Available at:
Antonio, R.J. and Bonanno, A. (2019) 'From Fordism to Brexit and Trump', in G. Ritzer and W.W. Murphy (eds) The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 477–495. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119429333.ch27.
Brown, A. et al. (2007) ‘Job quality and the economics of New Labour: A critical appraisal using subjective survey data’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 31(6), pp. 941–971. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bem028.
LeBaron, G. (2010) ‘The political economy of the household: Neoliberal restructuring, enclosures, and daily life’, Review of International Political Economy [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290903573914.
Brown, A. (2008) ‘A materialist development of some recent contributions to the labour theory of value’, Cambridge Journal of Economics [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bem017.
Clark, J.B. et al. (1898) ‘Karl Marx and the Close of His System: A Criticism.’, Political Science Quarterly [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/2139988.
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Veblen, T. (1898) ‘The Instinct of Workmanship and the Irksomeness of Labor’, American Journal of Sociology [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1086/210791.
Furåker, B. and Blomsterberg, M. (2003) 'Attitudes towards the unemployed. An analysis of Swedish survey data', International Journal of Social Welfare, 12(3), pp. 193–203. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2397.t01-1-00005.
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Smith, S.W. (2003) Labour Economics. 2nd edn. London: Routledge. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203422854.
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Weber, B. and Fuchs, J. (2007) 'Verdeckte Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland', Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik, 61(9/10), pp. 43–53. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/26766777.
Döhring, H. (2015) ‘Die Rolle des Staates in der gesellschaftlichen Konzeption des Anarcho-Syndikalismus’, in Den Staat zerschlagen! Available at: https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845243962-237.
Döhring, H. (2017) Anarcho-Syndikalismus. Lich: Verlag Edition AV.
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Arnold, D.G. (2010) ‘Working Conditions: Safety and Sweatshops’, in The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195307955.003.0022.
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Mottaz, C.J. (1985) 'The Relative Importance of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards as Determinants of Work Satisfaction', The Sociological Quarterly, 26(3), pp. 365–385. Available at:
Bartky, S.L. (1982) 'Narcissism, Femininity and Alienation', Social Theory and Practice, 8(2), pp. 127–143. Available at: (Accessed: 19 March 2024).
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Carver, T. (1997) 'Translating Marx', Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 22(2), pp. 191–204. Available at: (Accessed: 19 March 2024).
Dupré, J. (2003) Human Nature and the Limits of Science. (Human Nature and the Limits of Science). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/0199248060.001.0001.
Klotz, M. (2006) ‘Alienation, labor, and sexuality in marx’s 1844 manuscripts’, Rethinking Marxism [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08935690600748124.
Köhnke, A.-M. (2020) Challenging our Conceptions of Work: Sex Work between Fiction and Reality. Master of Arts. University of Manchester. Available at:
Marx, K. (2000) ‘Economic and philosophical manuscripts’, Karl Marx: Selected Writings [Preprint].
Wartenberg, T.E. (1982) '"Species-being" and "human nature" in Marx', Human Studies, 5(1), pp. 77–95. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02127669.
Abelson, J. et al. (2003) 'Deliberations about deliberative methods: issues in the design and evaluation of public participation processes', Social Science & Medicine, 57(2), pp. 239–251. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00343-X.
Button, M. and Mattson, K. (1999) ‘Deliberative democracy in practice: Challenges and prospects for civic deliberation’, Polity [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/3235238.
Evans, R. and Kotchetkova, I. (2009) 'Qualitative research and deliberative methods: promise or peril?', Qualitative Research, 9(5), pp. 625–643. Available at:
Hisschemöller, M. and Cuppen, E. (2015) 'Participatory assessment: tools for empowering, learning and legitimating?', in The Tools of Policy Formulation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 33–51. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783477043.00013.
Stern, P.C. (2005) ‘Deliberative methods for understanding environmental systems’, BioScience [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0976:DMFUES]2.0.CO;2.
Brown, K.W. and Ryan, R.M. (2003) ‘The Benefits of Being Present: Mindfulness and Its Role in Psychological Well-Being’, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.84.4.822.
Davies, W. (2015) The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being. London: Verso. Available at:
Van Dam, N.T. et al. (2018) ‘Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation’, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691617709589.
Jütten, T. (2018) 'Adorno on hope', Philosophy & Social Criticism, 45(3), pp. 284–306. Available at:
Lear, Jonathan. (2006) Radical hope : ethics in the face of cultural devastation. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
Nathan, P. (2018) 'Wake Up Strong: From Terra Nullius to Recognition', International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 15(2), pp. 103–113. Available at:
Sherman, N. (2009) 'The fate of a warrior culture', Philosophical Studies, 144(1), pp. 71–80. Available at:
Thompson, A. (2009) 'Radical Hope for Living Well in a Warmer World', Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 23(1), pp. 43–43. Available at:
Williston, B. (2012) 'Climate Change and Radical Hope', Ethics and the Environment, 17(2), pp. 165–186. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2979/ethicsenviro.17.2.165.
Abelson, J. et al. (2003) 'Deliberations about deliberative methods: issues in the design and evaluation of public participation processes', Social Science & Medicine, 57(2), pp. 239–251. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00343-X.
Button, M. and Mattson, K. (1999) ‘Deliberative democracy in practice: Challenges and prospects for civic deliberation’, Polity [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/3235238.
Coutinho, J. (2016) Workplace democracy, well-being and political participation. University of Manchester.
Evans, R. and Kotchetkova, I. (2009) 'Qualitative research and deliberative methods: promise or peril?', Qualitative Research, 9(5), pp. 625–643. Available at:
Gaventa, J. and Martorano, B. (2016) ‘Inequality, Power and Participation – Revisiting the Links’, IDS bulletin, 47(5), pp. 1-. Available at: https://doi.org/10.19088/1968-2016.164.
Goodin, R.E. (2007) ‘Enfranchising All Affected Interests, and Its Alternatives’, Philosophy & Public Affairs, 35(1), pp. 40–68. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1088-4963.2007.00098.x.
Howell, W.G. and Moe, T.M. (2020) Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy. University of Chicago Press. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226728827.
McCoy, J., Rahman, T. and Somer, M. (2018) 'Polarization and the Global Crisis of Democracy: Common Patterns, Dynamics, and Pernicious Consequences for Democratic Polities', American Behavioral Scientist, 62(1), pp. 16–42. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764218759576.
Velicu, I. and Barca, S. (2020) 'The Just Transition and its work of inequality', Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 16(1), pp. 263–273. Available at:
Graeber, D. (2011) ‘Consumption’, Current Anthropology [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1086/660166.
Knights, P. (2012) ‘Consumption, Environment and Ethics’.
Köhnke, A.-M. (2022) The other side of the fence: Consumption, activism, and the Owens Park tower occupation, Sustainable Consumption Institute blog. Available at: (Accessed: 17 March 2024).
Köhnke, A.-M., Mäki, A.U. and MacGregor, S. (2024) 'Interlocking Crises, Intersectional Visions: Ecofeminist Political Economy in Conversation with Degrowth', in L. Eastwood and K. Heron (eds) De Gruyter Handbook of Degrowth. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 311–326. Available at:
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Wheeler, K. and Glucksmann, M. (2015) Household Recycling and Consumption Work. (Household Recycling and Consumption Work). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137440440.
Wheeler, K. and Glucksmann, M. (2015) ‘“It’s kind of saving them a job isn’t it?” The consumption work of household recycling’, Sociological Review [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12199.
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Çağış, Z.G. and Yıldırım, M. (2023) 'Understanding the effect of fear of COVID-19 on COVID-19 burnout and job satisfaction: a mediation model of psychological capital', Psychology, Health & Medicine, 28(1), pp. 279–289. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2077970.
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Köhnke, A.-M. (2020) 'Behind the curtains: the complex reality of sex work', Institute for Research in Economic and Fiscal Issues. Available at:
Köhnke, A.-M. (2020) Challenging our Conceptions of Work: Sex Work between Fiction and Reality. Master of Arts. University of Manchester. Available at:
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