Critical Study Of Work

Author:   Rick Baldoz ,  Charles Koeber ,  Philip Kraft
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
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Pages:   390
Publication Date:   14 May 2001
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Author:   Rick Baldoz ,  Charles Koeber ,  Philip Kraft
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.599kg
ISBN:  

9781566397988


ISBN 10:   1566397987
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   14 May 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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"Introduction: Making Sense of Work in the 21st Century Rick Baldoz, Charles Koeber, and Philip Kraft Part I:The Global Perspective: Continuity and Change 1. Dwelling in Capitalism, Traveling Through Socialism Michael Burawoy 2. Do Capitalists Matter in the Capitalist Labor Process? Collective Capacities, Group Interests, and Management Prerogatives, 1886-1904 Jeffery Haydu Part II:Service and Service Sectors Workers 3. Gender, Race, and the Organization of Reproductive Labor Evelyn Nakano Glenn 4. The Body as a Contested Terrain for Labor Control: Cosmetics Retailers in Department Stores and Direct Selling Pei-Chia Lan 5. Silent Rebellions in Capitalist Paradise: A Brazil-Quebec Comparison Angelo Soares Part III: Production and Industrial Workers 6. Flexible Despotism: The Intensification of Insecurity and Uncertainty in the Lives of Silicon Valley's High-Tech Assembly Workers Jennifer J. Chun 7. The Challenge of Organizing in a Globalized/Flexible Industry: The Case of the Apparel Industry in Los Angeles Edna Bonacich 8. Transcending Taylorism and Fordism? Three Decade of Work Restructuring James Rinehart 9. Manufacturing Compromise: The Dynamics of Race and Class Among South African Shop Stewards in the 1990s Edward Webster Part IV: Professional and Technical Workers 10. ""Globalization"": The Next Tactic in the 50-Year Struggle of Labor and Capital in Software Production Richard Sharpe 11. Controlling Technical Workers in Alternative Work Arrangements: Rethinking the Work Contract Peter Meiksins and Peter Whalley 12. Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace Sean O'Riain"

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This volume presents innovative, comparative case studies of work and the politics of labor around the world. Moving the field of labor process studies onto new conceptual terrain, The Critical Study of Work should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand globalization and how it shapes and connects work experiences in offices, retail establishments, homes, and factories. --Vicki Smith, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis, and author of Crossing the Great Divide: Worker Risk and Opportunity in the New Economy [A]n important contribution to the literature on labor, labor relations, labor process, labor value, globalization and technology and work. --Anthropology of Work Review


This volume presents innovative, comparative case studies of work and the politics of labor around the world. Moving the field of labor process studies onto new conceptual terrain, The Critical Study of Work should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand globalization and how it shapes and connects work experiences in offices, retail establishments, homes, and factories. -Vicki Smith, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis, and author of Crossing the Great Divide: Worker Risk and Opportunity in the New Economy [A]n important contribution to the literature on labor, labor relations, labor process, labor value, globalization and technology and work. -Anthropology of Work Review This edited collection will be of interest to scholars curious about the theoretical development and recent empirical research in labour process analysis... The qualitative/ ethnographic methodologies employed in these labour process analyses yield valuable insights into the real experiences of workers confronting the forces of global market capitalism. -Canadian Journal of Sociology Online The overall quality of the contributions is outstanding and Baldoz, Koeber and Kraft deserve high marks for assembling work that will interest scholars and stimulate undergraduates and learned nonspecialists. -Social Forces


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Rick Baldoz is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii. Charles Koeber is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wichita State University. Philip Kraft is Associate Professor of Sociology at SUNY Binghamton.

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