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SAGE PUBLISHING Sociology Of Work 2012 Edition by Edgell
"A highly readable and approachable account of the sociology of work... a first-rate introductory text that is sure to become essential reading for students, teachers, and researchers."- Jason Hughes, Brunel University"An excellent text. Its comparative and historical sweep is particularly welcome and the analysis provided is thoughtful and well grounded."- John Eldridge, University of Glasgow"An invaluable and up-to-date text for students and researchers. Detailed and wide-ranging in its scope it is an excellent source of materials combined with a thought provoking and challenging set of arguments."- Huw Beynon, Cardiff UniversityStephen Edgell's book charts the rise of 'work' and explores all aspects of work including paid and unpaid, standard and non-standard and unemployment. New material has been incorporated covering the theories and practices of globalization, interactive service work, economic crisis, technological and organizational change, and trade unions. Drawing on classic and contemporary theorists, the book: Covers key issues regarding paid industrial and service sector work: alienation, skill, post-industrial society, network enterprises, flexibility, Fordism, neo-Fordism, post-Fordism, McDonaldization, emotional labour, destandardization and the social impact of unemployment.Discusses key issues regarding non-paid work: domestic work as 'work', the impact of technology, symmetrical family thesis, the impact of feminism, and globalization.Provides student friendly pedagogy: suggestions for further reading, questions for discussion and assessment, an extensive glossary and links to key websites and downloadable articles.This latest edition will be welcomed by lecturers and students wanting an authoritative guide to the sociology of work. Chapter 1: The Historical Transformation of WorkWork in pre-industrial societiesWork in industrial capitalist societiesMain features of work in industrial capitalist societiesCapitalist industrialization and the primacy of workCrises and industrial capitalismTechnological and organizational changeThe rise of trade unionsWomen and work in the development of industrial capitalismThe dominant conception of work in industrial capitalismChapter 2: Work and AlienationMarx's theory of alienationBlauner's technology and alienation thesisCritique of Blauner's technology and alienation thesisEmpirical research on the Blauner thesisChapter 3: Work and DeskillingBraverman's deskilling thesisCritique of Braverman's deskilling thesisBraverman's supportersChapter 4: Work, Upskilling and PolarizationBell's upskilling thesisCritique of Bell's upskilling thesisBell`s supportersThe polarization of skill?Chapter 5: Industrial Work: Fordism, Neo-Fordism and Post-FordismThe rise of FordismThe development of Fordism beyond the workplaceThe decline of FordismSolutions to the crisis of Fordism: neo-Fordism and post-FordismChapter 6: Service Work: Fordism, Neo-Fordism and Post-FordismInteractive service workThe rise of Fordism and interactive service workInteractive service work: neo-Fordism and post-FordismKnowledge work and the Fordist model of changeChapter 7: Non-Standard WorkThe destandardization of work thesisContractural destandardization: self-employmentSpatial destandardization: homeworkingTemporal destandardization: temporary and part time workCritical evaluation of the destandardization thesisChapter 8: Out of Work: UnemploymentUnemployment: meaning and measurementJahoda`s deprivation theory of unemploymentClass, age and gender, and the impact of unemploymentCritical evaluation of Jahoda`s deprivation theory of unemploymentChapter 9: Domestic WorkThe sociology of domestic workDomestic work: conditions and technologyThe symmetrical family thesisCritical evaluation of the symmetrical family thesisExplanations of the unequal division of domestic labourOutsourcing domestic workChapter 10: Globalization: Paid and Unpaid WorkGlobalizationCauses of globalizationGlobalization in action: call centresThe transformation of paid work?The transformation of unpaid work?Concluding remarks: continuity and change and `work`