Irmi Seidl is Head of the Research Unit Economics and Social Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.

Angelika Zahrnt is Honorary Chair of Friends of the Earth Germany and Fellow at the IÖW - Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Berlin.

Foreword by Tim Jackson Introduction 1. Employment, Meaningful Activity and the Post-Growth Society Part 1: The Basics 2. On the Historical Development of Work 3. Value-Orientation and Meaningful Activity in the Post-Growth Society 4. Revaluations of Work: Enabling and Combining a Diversity of Activities Part 2: Employment and Meaningful Activities: Actors 5. The Role of Consumers: Social Participation Beyond Work and the Market 6. The Role of Businesses in the Creation of Sustainable Work 7. Employment in the Tension between Ecology and Distributive Justice: The Role of Trade Unions 8. Voluntary Charitable Activity: Motivation, Prerequisites, Accomplishments Part 3: Employment and Meaningful Activities: Sectors 9. Formal and Informal Care Work 10. Meaningful Activities in Agriculture: Agro-Culture as a Guiding Principle 11. Digitalisation and Concepts of Extended Work Part 4: The Socio-Economic Context 12. Social Security in the Post-Growth Society 13. An Employment-Friendly Tax System 14. Work in Developing and Newly Industrialised Countries Conclusion 15. The Prospects for Practical Action