Changing Shape of Work

'...the book is written in an accessible style and serves as an excellent introduction to some of the main concerns of the WES intellectual community.' - R.E. Pahl, Work, Employment & Society

• List of Tables - Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Work and Employment in the 1990s; R.Brown - The Changing Practices of Work; H.Beynon - What is Work for? The Right to Work and the Right to be Idle; S.Allen - Flexibility and Security: Contradictions in the Contemporary Labour Market; R.Brown - Gender and Change in Employment: Feminization and Its Effects; H.Bradley - Informal Working, Survival Strategies and the Idea of an 'Underclass'; R.MacDonald - Economic Change and Domestic Life; L.Morris - The Culture of Ownership and the Ownership of Culture; I.Roberts - 'Empowerment' or 'Degradation'? Total Quality Management and the Service Sector; S.Taylor - Bibliography - Index