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Contractuality and Authenticity — The Dual Discourses about Work

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In this chapter, I paint a picture of my participants’ predominant discourses about work, including the moments which are combined into chains of equivalence through a specific nodal point. I also explore the constitutive outside which is established in order to support the discourse’s internal cohesion.

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Ekman, S. (2012). Contractuality and Authenticity — The Dual Discourses about Work. In: Authority and Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137272881_5

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