Summary Of The Tumbleweed Society

What implications does job instability have on how we approach our relationships with both work and personal life? Allison Pugh tries to answer this question, along with many others, in her book titled “The Tumbleweed Society,” where she examines how job insecurity impacts how we perceive our sense of duty or responsibility toward our work and intimate life. This book will aide sociologist, academics, counselors and anyone in the helping or public service field to understanding how we as a society have come to live in an “insecurity culture,” one that is plagued by “a rise in external labor markets and the shrinking of benefits, including security, to an increasingly rarefied core labor force” (Pugh, 2015: 4 - 5), as well as help politicians and government entities in the changing of laws or policies that hinder those working in an insecure job market. Methodologies used in the writing of this book, include primary source materials, such as personally conducted in-depth interviews, empirical studies: papers at conferences, scholarly articles, historical data: U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Vital Health Statistics, OCED …show more content…
In the end, is building a moral wall or teaching our children to be flexible enough to keep the feelings of anger and betrayal away from our home life and aimed towards those it should be hitting…our employers. This book would be a good addition to anyone working in the helping field, for other scholars, those in the public service positions, political positions and anyone who works to change policies in order to make America a better