The Sociology of Work

Continuity and Change in Paid and Unpaid Work

AvStephen Edgell,Edward Granter

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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‘Definitive, critical and engaging, this is a superb introduction to the sociology of work.’ Leo McCann

Now in a fully updated third edition, The Sociology of Work draws on the work of classic and contemporary theorists, to provide readers with a thorough exploration of all aspects of work and employment, including paid and unpaid work, standard and non-standard employment, and unemployment.

The new edition includes:

Two new chapters on “Work, Skill and the Labour Process” and “Managing Culture at Work”.
Expanded coverage of the rise and decline of trade unions; emotional labour, misbehaviour, and resistance at work.
Further discussion of the gig economy and precarious work; automation and the end of work; globalization and human rights.

For Sociology and Business students, taking modules in work, employment and society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-11-21
Mått:170 x 242 x 29 mm
Vikt:850 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Upplaga:3
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9781526402639

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

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Stephen Edgell is a Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Salford, England. He has undertaken qualitative research Middle Class Couples: A Study of Segregation, Domination and Inequality in Marriage (Allen & Unwin, 1980), quantitative research A Measure of Thatcherism: A Sociology of Britain (Unwin Hyman, 1991, co-author Vic Duke), and archival research Veblen in Perspective: His Life and Thought (Taylor & Francis, 2001), and has published numerous articles in a wide-range of British, American and European social science journals. A career-long interest in the sociology of work culminated in the publication of a textbook entitled The Sociology of Work: Continuity and Change in Paid and Unpaid Work in 2006 and a revised 2nd edition in 2012. He is the co-editor of The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Work and Employment (2016), along with Heidi Gottfried and Edward Granter. Edward Granter is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour in the Department of Management at the University of Birmingham Business School.

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Definitive, critical and engaging, this is a superb introduction to the sociology of work. Edgell and Granter′s expert narrative takes us from the cotton mills to the gig economy, and from unpaid domestic chores to visions of a post-work future. Indispensable.

Innehållsförteckning

The Historical Transformation of WorkWork and AlienationWork, Skill and the Labour ProcessManaging Culture at WorkIndustrial Work: Fordism, Neo-Fordism and Post-FordismService Work: Fordism, Neo-Fordism and Post-FordismNon-Standard WorkOut of Work: UnemploymentUnpaid Domestic WorkGlobalization: Paid and Unpaid WorkGlossaryReferences