The sociology of work: an introduction
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Cambridge [u.a.]
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1998
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| Physical Description: | VII, 388 S. Ill. |
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Contents
List of Figures viii
List of Tables ix
Acknowledgements x
Preface xi
Introduction 1
1 What is Work? 6
Introduction 6
Problems of Definition 7
Working Beyond the Contemporary West 11
Historical Rhetorics of Work: Views from Above and Below 14
Radical Approaches to Work 19
Contemporary Western Orientations to Work 24
Domestic Labour 30
Unemployment 36
Summary 42
Exam/Essay Questions 43
Further Reading 43
2 Work in Historical Perspective 45
Introduction 45
Pre-Industrial Work 46
The Transition from Feudalism to Proto-Industrialization 50
Factories and Technological Change 54
Occupational Change 57
Work, the Family and Gender 64
The Rise of Trade Unionism 68
State Intervention and the Factory Acts 73
The State and the Development of Clerical Labour 77
Women, Work and War 79
Summary 82
Exam/Essay Questions 83
Further Reading 84
vi Contents
3 Classical Approaches to Work: Marx, Weber and
Durkheim 85
Introduction 85
Marx and Capitalism 86
Durkheim and Industrial Society 95
Weber 99
Summary 107
Exam/Essay Questions 108
Further Reading 108
4 Contemporary Theories of Work Organization 110
Introduction 110
Coercion 114
Paternalism 115
Lenin 118
Human Relations 119
Neo-Human Relations 123
Organizational Cultures 126
Critical Theories 129
Systems Theories 130
Contingency Theory 133
Action Theory 134
Population Ecology Theory 136
Political Organizational Theories 137
Foucault and Post-Modernism 138
*/ Actor Networks 141
Institutional Theory 143
Summary 144
Exam/Essay Questions 145
Further Reading 145
5 Class, Industrial Conflict and the Labour Process 146
Introduction 146
Theoretical Approaches to Class 147
Class, Wealth and Income 149
Class, Occupation and Inequality 153
Class, Trade Unions and Revolution 156
British Trade Unions and Labourism 158
Class and Industrial Action 161
Accounting for Industrial Action 166
Marx, Taylorism and the Capitalist Labour Process 175
Braverman and the Labour Process 179
Summary 186
Exam/Essay Questions 187
Further Reading 187
Contents vii
6 Gender, Patriarchy and Trade Unions 189
Introduction 189
Theoretical Viewpoints on Women and Work 191
Women and Paid Labour: The Contemporary Evidence 201
Labour Market Restructuring and Professional Women 209
Women and Trade Unions 214
Masculinity, Domestic Labour and Violence 220
Summary 223
Exam/Essay Questions 224
Further Reading 225
7 Race, Ethnicity and Labour Markets:
Recruitment and the Politics of Exclusion 226
Introduction 226
Race, Racism and Ethnicity 227
Labour Markets and Racism 233
Recruitment and Racism 249
Trade Unions, Workers and Racial Discrimination 257
Summary 264
Exam/Essay Questions 265
further Reading 265
8 Working Technology 266
Introduction 266
Technological Determinism 267
Social Determinism 274
Flexible Specialization, Fordism, Neo-Fordism and Post-Fordism 283
Summary 294
Exam/Essay Questions 295
Further Reading 295
9 Globalization and Work 297
Introduction 297
Globalization and Convergence 299
Globalization and Novelty 307
Globalization and Insecurity 313
The Future of Work and the History Helix 320
Summary: the End of Work? 323
Exam/Essay Questions 324
Further Reading 324
Glossary 325
Bibliography 331
Index 381
List of Figures
1 Occupational structure of England and Wales:
1688, 1759, 1801-3 58
2 Male labour force, 1841-1921 62
3 Female labour force, 1841-1921 63
4 Organizational theories 114
5 Distribution of employment, 1997 154
6 Employment by occupation and gender, 1996 155
7 UK strikes, 1895-1996 163
8 National comparison of strikes, 1978-87 164
9 Occupations and gender, 1989 202
10 The flexible British labour market 204
11 Average gross weekly earnings (UK), 1995 206
12 Trade union membership by gender and industry, 1995 216
13 Ethnic origin of the population of Britain, 1996 236
14 Ethnic minorities in Britain, 1996 236
15 Unemployment by qualification, ethnic origin and gender 239
16 Proportion of qualified 16- to 24-year-olds in full-time education 240
17 Male occupation and ethnic origin, 1986-8 252
18 Female occupation and ethnic origin, 1986-8 253
19 British redundancy rates by occupation, 1991-6 318
20 The history helix 321
List of Tables
1 Selected distribution of the occupied British labour force: 1841,
1871, 1901 and 1921 61
2 Personal wealth distribution in Britain: 1938, 1966, 1979 and
1985 151
3 Distribution of original and final income: 1976 and 1983 152
4 Employment: workforce, 1997 154
5 British strike statistics, 1895-1996 162
6 Unemployment rates by ethnic group, gender and highest
qualification, 1985-7 237
7 Qualifications by ethnic group and gender 238
8 Employment by broad occupation, ethnic origin and gender,
1986-8 252
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