Sociology: work and labour Books

Book Synopsis"A vivid look at how India has developed the idea of entrepreneurial citizens as leaders mobilizing society and how people try to live that promise"--Provided by publisher.Trade Review"Winner of the ICA Outstanding Book Award, International Communication Association""Winner of the Diana Forsythe Prize, Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing of the General Anthropology Division, and the Society for the Anthropology of Work""... profoundly comparative with important theoretical implications. This book certainly needs to be read carefully and very widely." * American Journal of Sociology *"Brilliant ethnography."---Elliott Prasse-Freeman, Asian Journal of Social Science ​​​​​​​

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Book Synopsis"A vivid look at how India has developed the idea of entrepreneurial citizens as leaders mobilizing society and how people try to live that promise"--Provided by publisher.Trade Review"Winner of the ICA Outstanding Book Award, International Communication Association""Winner of the Diana Forsythe Prize, Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing of the General Anthropology Division, and the Society for the Anthropology of Work""... profoundly comparative with important theoretical implications. This book certainly needs to be read carefully and very widely." * American Journal of Sociology *"Brilliant ethnography."---Elliott Prasse-Freeman, Asian Journal of Social Science ​​​​​​​

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Best Information Science Book Award, Association for Information Science and Technology""Winner of the McGannon Book Award, McGannon Center at Fordham University""Winner of the Labor Tech Book Award, Labor Tech Research Network""Splendid. . . . A rigorous and surprisingly entertaining ethnographic portrait of a profession in transition."---Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker"Provocative. . . . [Levy’s] concise and lively book will interest anyone concerned with the complicated business of regulation."---Marc Levinson, Wall Street Journal"Data Driven does not disappoint. It is an exceptional exploration of how new rules and AI are transforming modern long-haul trucking, and how almost everyone who talks about the future of robots and work is getting it wrong."---Zephyr Teachout, American Prospect"“Breezily written; a quick and informative read.”"---Peter Hoskin, Prospect

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A fascinating and thought-provoking look into the relationship between sexual orientation and employment." * Library Journal *"This is the rare academic book that brought tears to my eyes thanks to its poignancy, rather than out of boredom. It serves as a model of how the history of neoliberalism could and should be written: with concerted attention to categories of race, gender, sexuality, class, and their interaction, rendered with sensitivity and attentive to the subjectivity and dignity of the historical actors it portrays."---Lily Geismer, Chronicle of Higher Education

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, Labor and Labor Movements Section of the American Sociological Association""Winner of the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, Sociology of Development Section of the American Sociological Association""Winner of the John Friedman Best Book Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize, British Sociological Association"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sharp and information-rich. . . . [The Power of Organizations] offers a comprehensive, detailed glimpse of what contemporary organizational theory has become."---Brayden G. King, Administrative Science Quarterly

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sharp and information-rich. . . . [The Power of Organizations] offers a comprehensive, detailed glimpse of what contemporary organizational theory has become."---Brayden G. King, Administrative Science Quarterly

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Book SynopsisAn account of horrific human rights abuses in international shipping, arguing for the rights of seafarers, and international regulation.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive examination of the contemporary mineworkers’ movement in South Africa, in a vivid ethnographic narrativeTrade Review'Opens a window on the struggles of South Africa miners to overcome not only the opposition of the plutocratic mineowners, but also the opposition of the entrenched union establishment created in an earlier era of upheaval.' -- Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York Graduate Center'Highlights the crucial role of ordinary workers in changing history. It is a richly textured portrayal of the lives and activities of the grassroots worker leaders who organised the historic platinum strikes in South Africa. It is a path-breaking history of the labour movement and a scholarly tribute to the agency of the slain Marikana miners and their comrades' -- Trevor Ngwane, South African socialist and anti-apartheid activist'The book provides what is currently missing - a detailed and sympathetic history, from within the ranks of the unions and workers committees and in the words of the strikers themselves' -- Leo Zeilig, editor of Class Struggle and Resistance in Africa (2008)'This book provides a fascinating and unique account of a set of pivotal events in recent South African history, as well as insight that is both locally and comparatively profound' -- Dunbar Moodie, Professor of Sociology, Wits University'An incisive yet empathetic account' -- African Studies Quarterly'Exceptionally extraordinary' -- CLR JournalTable of ContentsGlossary of South African Organisations List of Acronyms and Abbreviations List of Leaders Timeline of Key Events Acknowledgements Maps 1. Introduction 2. The Spark Underground 3. The Spirit of Marikana is Born 4. Amplats Carries the Torch 5. The Rise of the AMCU and the Demise of Worker Committees 6. Insurgent Trade Unionism and the Great Strike of 2014 Postscript Appendices Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow class is structured in the call-centres, office blocks and fast-food chains of modern Britain.Trade Review'A sophisticated answer to impoverished sociologies and cheap media cliches ... A sharp and deeply necessary book' -- Richard Seymour, author of Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics (Verso, 2017).'Charles Umney presents a powerful and nuanced alternative narrative driven by Marxist political economy. With a keen eye for irony, paradox, and the absurd, he analyses work, politics, and technology in capitalist societies. This is a witty and wise antidote to the mainstream diagnoses of our times' -- Professor Ian Greer, Cornell University'By reinstating the importance of Marxist analysis for understanding the relationship between class and social inequality in 21st century Britain, Charles Umney has written a highly cogent and perspicacious account of the formation of contemporary inequality and exploitation... a vital source' -- Professor Paul Stewart, former editor of Work, Employment and Society'A highly accessible presentation of the transformation of the British economy over the last four decades and the problems facing Britain today. Umney vividly demonstrates the acute relevance of Marxist class analysis for understanding work, government, economics and politics in 21st century capitalism' -- Dr Matt Vidal, Loughborough University LondonTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction The Rest of the Book 1. The ‘Economy that Works for Everyone’ Platitudes Class Since the Financial Crisis Class and Classification in Academia 2. Alien Powers: Class in Marxist Thought Conflict in the Workplace Dependency and Discipline Subordination of the Individual Alien Powers and Loss of Control Beyond Production 3. Changing Class Dynamics in Britain Introduction Inequality and the Balance of Class Power in Britain Financialisation, Capital and Class Discipline Labour Discipline and ‘Precarity’ Conclusion 4. Jobs Workplace Control Conflict, Resistance and Class Power 5. Government Adequate Forms and Alien Powers Public Services and Capital Blood Sacrifices to Alien Powers 6. Class and Equality Class, ‘Identity Politics’ and Cosmopolitans Marxism and Feminism Equality and Capital Capital and Immigration 7. Technology The Means of Evaluation Capitalism and the Wasting of Resources 8. Media and Ideology Common Sense The News Media Marxist Views on Ideology 9. Conclusion Summary Capital and the Future Final Thoughts: Britain after the 2017 General Election Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWe live in a world with too many graduates fighting for too few graduate jobs; where Deliveroo drivers have PhDs. What’s the point in a university education in a world without enough jobs? Roth writes a sharp critique of the utility of a degree and the functioning of higher education, drawing on his experience as a higher education administrator.Trade Review'Modern American capitalism is producing a vast population of under-employed and unemployed yet highly educated people. Gary Roth provides a meticulously researched dissection of this phenomenon.' -- Steve Fraser, author of 'Class Matters: The Strange Career of an American Delusion''A fascinating analysis that plots the distance between what we think we know about education and what the reality actually is. Cuts through the cloudiness of our long-held illusions.' -- Alfred Lubrano, author of 'Limbo: Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams'Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Higher Education and Class 2. The Overproduction of Intelligence 3. Class in Transition: Historical Background 4. Underemployment Through the Decades 5. The Educated Underclass 6. Into the Future Index

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Book SynopsisThe politics of punishment meet labour exploitation in this new analysisTrade Review'This book is an illuminating interrogation into captive labour, disposable workforce and state harm. Grasping the intricacies of labour, immigration, capital and criminalisation, this thought-provoking work will revolutionise our understanding of the carceral state' -- Fidelis Chebe, Director, Migrant Action'A magnificent piece of scholarship. It is eloquently written, meticulously researched and filled with profound insights: an instant classic' -- Dr David Scott, The Open University and author of 'For Abolition''A brilliant study of carceral labour as a form of neoliberal statecraft with deep historical roots that haunt it today' -- Avery F. Gordon Visiting Professor Birkbeck School of Law and author of 'The Hawthorn Archive: Letters from the Utopian Margins''Brilliant - shows how carceral labour shapes the world of work in ways that are more important than we have ever acknowledged, and adds an indispensable dimension to our understanding of capitalism. Read this book and learn how the strategies deployed in prisons and in immigration detention centres spread into labour markets in ways that discipline all of us' -- David Whyte, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Liverpool and co-editor of 'The Violence of Austerity''Compelling, compassionate and original. It highlights the hidden scandal of, and resistance to, carceral labour in the haunted environment of immigration removal centres' -- Professor Joe Sim, Liverpool John Moores University'Academically rigorous, rich in detail and makes an important contribution to our understanding of carceral labour’ -- Dr Monish Bhatia, Birkbeck, University of London'Brings debates on prison labour to a new level of theoretical sophistication, insightfully exploring its modern-day, reworked manifestations across the various spheres of the carceral state and laying bare its crucial role as a form of statecraft' -- José A. Brandariz, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of A Coruna, SpainTable of ContentsTables and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Labour Discipline and Reform 2. The Immigration Detention Estate 3. Carceral Haunting 4. Political Anatomies of Labour 5. Labour Control Regimes Conclusion Appendix: Methodological Note Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA study of women creating fake fashion in China - and how it affects the economy, labour, creativity and culture.Trade Review'Sara Liao shows how shanzhai is much more than faking: she rethinks what it means to be creative in today's globalised China. The book presents a sensitive and detailed account of the gendered and precarious aspirations of fashion designers, offering a timely view on a multiplicity of China Dreams' -- Jeroen de Kloet, author of 'China with a Cut: Globalisation, Urban Youth and Popular Music'Table of ContentsList of Figures Series preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Fashion Work, Precarious Labor, and Women Designers in Shanzhai Culture 2. Shanzhai Fashion and Precarious Creativity in China 3. The Digital Labor and Production Culture of Shanzhai Fashion 4. The Shanzhai of Shanzhai: The Politics of Copying and Creativity 5. Shanzhai Dreams and the Chinese Dream 6. Shanzhai Culture, National Ideologies, and Transnational Capitalism: A Double-edged Sword Appendix: Demographics of Informants Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA major new study looking at the catalysing role of workers' inquiries in the rebirth of a global labour movement from belowTrade Review'Incisively examines the most recent and compelling examples of workers' autonomous resistance to the modern precarious workplace. Ovetz's invaluable collection applies workers' inquiry to contemporary practice. Essential reading for students of contemporary labor activism.' -- Immanuel Ness, author of 'Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class' (Pluto, 2015)‘An inspiring and fascinating collection of studies -- ‘Counterfire’Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction - Robert Ovetz PART I: TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS 1. Camioneros: The Argentine Truckers’ Union that Can Paralyze the Country - Dario Bursztyn 2. When Class Unionism Leads to Working-Class Recomposition: The Case of TÜMTİS in Turkey - Alpkan Birelma 3. Resisting Sexism and Racism in Italian Logistics Worker Organizing - Anna Curcio PART II: EDUCATION, CALL CENTERS, CLEANERS, PLATFORM WORK, AND GAMERS 4. Making Threats: Credible Strike Threats in the US, 2012–2016 - Robert Ovetz 5. The Self-Organization of the Mexican Multitude Against Neoliberal State Terror: The CNTE Dissident Teachers’ Movement Against the 2013 Education Reform - Patrick Cuninghame 6. Notes from Below: A Brief Survey of Class Composition in the UK - Callum Cant, Sai Englert, Lydia Hughes, Wendy Liu, Achille Marotta, Seth Wheeler, and Jamie Woodcock PART III: MANUFACTURING AND MINING 7. Worker Organizing in China: Challenges and Opportunities - Jenny Chan 8. Self-Organizing is Breathing Life into Workers’ Struggles in South Africa - Shawn Hattingh and Dr. Dale T. McKinley 9. Towards a Global Workers’ Inquiry: A Study of Indian Precarious Auto Workers - Lorenza Monaco About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisA major new study looking at the catalysing role of workers' inquiries in the rebirth of a global labour movement from belowTrade Review'Incisively examines the most recent and compelling examples of workers' autonomous resistance to the modern precarious workplace. Ovetz's invaluable collection applies workers' inquiry to contemporary practice. Essential reading for students of contemporary labor activism.' -- Immanuel Ness, author of 'Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class' (Pluto, 2015)‘An inspiring and fascinating collection of studies -- ‘Counterfire’Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction - Robert Ovetz PART I: TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS 1. Camioneros: The Argentine Truckers’ Union that Can Paralyze the Country - Dario Bursztyn 2. When Class Unionism Leads to Working-Class Recomposition: The Case of TÜMTİS in Turkey - Alpkan Birelma 3. Resisting Sexism and Racism in Italian Logistics Worker Organizing - Anna Curcio PART II: EDUCATION, CALL CENTERS, CLEANERS, PLATFORM WORK, AND GAMERS 4. Making Threats: Credible Strike Threats in the US, 2012–2016 - Robert Ovetz 5. The Self-Organization of the Mexican Multitude Against Neoliberal State Terror: The CNTE Dissident Teachers’ Movement Against the 2013 Education Reform - Patrick Cuninghame 6. Notes from Below: A Brief Survey of Class Composition in the UK - Callum Cant, Sai Englert, Lydia Hughes, Wendy Liu, Achille Marotta, Seth Wheeler, and Jamie Woodcock PART III: MANUFACTURING AND MINING 7. Worker Organizing in China: Challenges and Opportunities - Jenny Chan 8. Self-Organizing is Breathing Life into Workers’ Struggles in South Africa - Shawn Hattingh and Dr. Dale T. McKinley 9. Towards a Global Workers’ Inquiry: A Study of Indian Precarious Auto Workers - Lorenza Monaco About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisAn expert's guide to ending modern slaveryTrade Review'Her powerful treatise argues that modern slavery does not really exist as a clear phenomenon, but has been seized on to divert attention from the underlying causes of labour exploitation' -- Amelia Gentleman, Guardian'A horrifying exposé of how modern slavery is being used by elites against those most in need in our society - a must-read' -- Frankie Boyle, comedian'A brave, well-argued and thought-provoking intervention in a complex debate' -- Daniel Trilling, journalist and author of 'Lights In The Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe' (Picador, 2019)'Electrifyingly good, thoughtful and deeply concerned with people at the sharp end of anti-trafficking and anti-migrant policies. A must-read for the entire left' -- Molly Smith, co-author, with Juno Mac, of 'Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights' (Verso, 2020)'A thought-provoking and essential read - especially if you believe great progress in tackling 'modern slavery' is imminent. Kenway forces us to reconsider how we even think and talk about exploitation' -- Stuart McDonald, Scottish National Party MP for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East'A much needed and well-researched book' -- The Justice Gap'Challenging political rhetoric, Kenway makes a convincing case for the need to separate immigration law enforcement from labour inspection and policing' -- Times Literary Supplement'Incredible' -- Red Handed podcastTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. The Rise of the New Abolitionists 2. At the Borders of Humanity 3. Sex, Slavery and Women Divided 4. Behind the Brands 5. Spotting the Signs Conclusion Notes Index

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Book Synopsis'Amazon Capitalism' grows ever stronger. This book provides the answers on how to fight the company's terrifying omnipotence.Trade Review'Drawing on deep and wide-ranging scholarship, this compelling collection provides heartening evidence of push-back by communities and organised labour against Amazon. Essential reading.' -- Kirsty Newsome, Professor of Employment Relations, Sheffield UniversityA must-read for scholars and activists alike. This stellar collection of essays documents exploitation and resistance at Amazon across the globe. -- Carolina Bank Muñoz, Tow Professor of Sociology, City University of New York'This important and timely book on Amazon's global empire is a must read for those who are concerned about economic inequality, massive public surveillance, and the threat to worker rights and democracy around the world' -- Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Labor Center'This brilliant compilation of essays shows us how, like Walmart before it, Amazon has risen to global dominance through shrewd use of technology, data systems and supply chains, and also by skirting and breaking laws' -- Professor Stephanie Luce, School of Labor and Urban Studies, CUNY'More than a book about Amazon. It is about the transition in global capitalism and its implications not only for Amazon's workforce, but on the global working class' -- Bill Fletcher, Jr., executive editor of globalafricanworker.com'An excellent book … it is clearly written and contains a stack of information about Amazon’s practices and the resistance they are generating' -- Socialist Book Reviews'Those hoping to build more power for workers have much to learn from this book’s examination of organizing within Amazon' -- Labor Notes'Offers important insights into Amazon’s insidious nature, the challenges of organizing, and also some glimmers of organizing success at the local and national levels' -- Jonathan Rosenblum, Jacobin'Absolutely essential reading for every driver, warehouse associate, and tech worker at Amazon' -- Anonymous Amazon worker, Stansbury ForumTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Dedication Acknowledgments Preface: Amazon and the Future of Work in the Global Economy - Ruth Milkman Introduction: Amazon Capitalism - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, Juliann Allison, and Ellen Reese PART I - AMAZON’S RISE IN GLOBAL POWER 1. Amazon: Context, Structure, and Vulnerability - Kim Moody 2. Power Accrues to the Powerful: Amazon’s Market Share, Customer Surveillance, and Internet Dominance - Dana M. Williams 3. Transnational Amazon: Labor Exploitation and the Rise of E-Commerce in South Asia - Jeb Sprague and Sreerekha Sathi PART II - EXPLOITATION AND RESISTANCE ACROSS AMAZON’S GLOBAL EMPIRE 4. The Amazonification of Logistics: E-Commerce, Labor, and Exploitation in the Last Mile - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson 5. Automation and the Surveillance-Driven Warehouse in Inland Southern California - Jason Struna and Ellen Reese 6. Gender, Race, and Amazon Warehouse Labor in the United States - Ellen Reese 7. A New Industrial Working Class? Challenges in Disrupting Amazon’s Fulfillment Process in Germany - Nantina Vgontzas 8. A Struggle for Bodies and Souls: Amazon Management and Union Strategies in France and Italy - Francesco Massimo PART III - COMMUNITIES CONFRONTING THE E-COMMERCE GIANT 9. Company Town: What Happens to a City and its Democracy when Amazon Dominates? - Katie Wilson 10. Lessons from New York City’s Struggle Against Amazon HQ2 in Long Island City - Steve Lang and Filip Stabrowski 11. What Happens When Amazon Comes to Town? Environmental Impacts, Local Economies, and Resistance in Inland Southern California - Juliann Emmons Allison 12. Worker and Community Organizing to Challenge Amazon’s Algorithmic Threat - Sheheryar Kaoosji PART IV - STRUGGLING TO WIN AGAINST AMAZON 13. Amazon Strikes in Europe: Seven Years of Industrial Action, Challenges, and Strategies - Jörn Boewe and Johannes Schulten 14. Bursting the Bubble: The Emerging Tech Worker Movement at Amazon - Spencer Cox 15. The CEO Has No Clothes: Worker Leadership and Amazon’s Failures During COVID-19 - Dania Rajendra 16. Think Big: Organizing a Successful Amazon Workers’ Movement in the United States by Combining the Strengths of the Left and Organized Labor - Peter Olney and Rand Wilson 17. Amazonians United! An Interview with DCH1 (Chicago) Amazonians United - DCH1 Amazonians United Conclusion: Resisting Amazon Capitalism - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese About the Authors Index

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Book Synopsis'Amazon Capitalism' grows ever stronger. This book provides the answers on how to fight the company's terrifying omnipotence.Trade Review'Drawing on deep and wide-ranging scholarship, this compelling collection provides heartening evidence of push-back by communities and organised labour against Amazon. Essential reading.' -- Kirsty Newsome, Professor of Employment Relations, Sheffield UniversityA must-read for scholars and activists alike. This stellar collection of essays documents exploitation and resistance at Amazon across the globe. -- Carolina Bank Muñoz, Tow Professor of Sociology, City University of New York'This important and timely book on Amazon's global empire is a must read for those who are concerned about economic inequality, massive public surveillance, and the threat to worker rights and democracy around the world' -- Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Labor Center'This brilliant compilation of essays shows us how, like Walmart before it, Amazon has risen to global dominance through shrewd use of technology, data systems and supply chains, and also by skirting and breaking laws' -- Professor Stephanie Luce, School of Labor and Urban Studies, CUNY'More than a book about Amazon. It is about the transition in global capitalism and its implications not only for Amazon's workforce, but on the global working class' -- Bill Fletcher, Jr., executive editor of globalafricanworker.com'An excellent book … it is clearly written and contains a stack of information about Amazon’s practices and the resistance they are generating' -- Socialist Book Reviews'Those hoping to build more power for workers have much to learn from this book’s examination of organizing within Amazon' -- Labor Notes'Offers important insights into Amazon’s insidious nature, the challenges of organizing, and also some glimmers of organizing success at the local and national levels' -- Jonathan Rosenblum, Jacobin'Absolutely essential reading for every driver, warehouse associate, and tech worker at Amazon' -- Anonymous Amazon worker, Stansbury ForumTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Dedication Acknowledgments Preface: Amazon and the Future of Work in the Global Economy - Ruth Milkman Introduction: Amazon Capitalism - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, Juliann Allison, and Ellen Reese PART I - AMAZON’S RISE IN GLOBAL POWER 1. Amazon: Context, Structure, and Vulnerability - Kim Moody 2. Power Accrues to the Powerful: Amazon’s Market Share, Customer Surveillance, and Internet Dominance - Dana M. Williams 3. Transnational Amazon: Labor Exploitation and the Rise of E-Commerce in South Asia - Jeb Sprague and Sreerekha Sathi PART II - EXPLOITATION AND RESISTANCE ACROSS AMAZON’S GLOBAL EMPIRE 4. The Amazonification of Logistics: E-Commerce, Labor, and Exploitation in the Last Mile - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson 5. Automation and the Surveillance-Driven Warehouse in Inland Southern California - Jason Struna and Ellen Reese 6. Gender, Race, and Amazon Warehouse Labor in the United States - Ellen Reese 7. A New Industrial Working Class? Challenges in Disrupting Amazon’s Fulfillment Process in Germany - Nantina Vgontzas 8. A Struggle for Bodies and Souls: Amazon Management and Union Strategies in France and Italy - Francesco Massimo PART III - COMMUNITIES CONFRONTING THE E-COMMERCE GIANT 9. Company Town: What Happens to a City and its Democracy when Amazon Dominates? - Katie Wilson 10. Lessons from New York City’s Struggle Against Amazon HQ2 in Long Island City - Steve Lang and Filip Stabrowski 11. What Happens When Amazon Comes to Town? Environmental Impacts, Local Economies, and Resistance in Inland Southern California - Juliann Emmons Allison 12. Worker and Community Organizing to Challenge Amazon’s Algorithmic Threat - Sheheryar Kaoosji PART IV - STRUGGLING TO WIN AGAINST AMAZON 13. Amazon Strikes in Europe: Seven Years of Industrial Action, Challenges, and Strategies - Jörn Boewe and Johannes Schulten 14. Bursting the Bubble: The Emerging Tech Worker Movement at Amazon - Spencer Cox 15. The CEO Has No Clothes: Worker Leadership and Amazon’s Failures During COVID-19 - Dania Rajendra 16. Think Big: Organizing a Successful Amazon Workers’ Movement in the United States by Combining the Strengths of the Left and Organized Labor - Peter Olney and Rand Wilson 17. Amazonians United! An Interview with DCH1 (Chicago) Amazonians United - DCH1 Amazonians United Conclusion: Resisting Amazon Capitalism - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisArtificial intelligence should be changing society, not reinforcing capitalist notions of workTrade Review'Brings together a range of unmissable views across the contemporary spectrum of technology-driven labour relations' -- Dr. Ivan Williams Jimenez, Policy and Development Manager at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, UK'A path-breaking book offering unparalleled insights. Moore and Woodcock re-affirm their position as leaders in this field' -- Premilla D'Cruz, Professor of Organizational Behaviour Area, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)Table of ContentsFigures Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: AI: Making it, Faking it, Breaking it - Phoebe V. Moore and Jamie Woodcock PART I - MAKING IT 1. AI Trainers: Who is the Smart Worker Today? - Phoebe V. Moore 2. Work Now, Profit Later: AI Between Capital, Labour and Regulation - Toni Prug and Paško Bilić 3. Delivering Food on Bikes: Between Machinic Subordination and Autonomy in the Algorithmic Workplace - Benjamin Herr 4. Putting the Habitus to Work: Digital Prosumption, Surveillance and Distinction - Eduard Müller 5. The Power of Prediction: People Analytics at Work - Uwe Vormbusch and Peter Kels PART II - FAKING IT 6. Manufacturing Consent in the Gig Economy - Luca Perrig 7. Automated and Autonomous? Technologies Mediating the Exertion and Perception of Labour Control - Beatriz Casas González 8. Can Robots Produce Customer Confidence? Contradictions Among Automation, New Mechanisms of Control and Resistances in the Banking Labour Process - Giorgio Boccardo PART III - BREAKING IT 9. It Gets Better With Age: AI and the Labour Process in Old and New Gig-Economy Firms - Adam Badger 10. Self-Tracking and Sousveillance at Work: Insights from Human-Computer Interaction and Social Science - Marta E. Cecchinato, Sandy J. J. Gould and Frederick Harry Pitts 11. Breaking Digital Atomisation: Resistant Cultures of Solidarity in Platform-Based Courier Work - Heiner Heiland and Simon Schaupp 12. Resisting the Algorithmic Boss: Guessing, Gaming, Reframing and Contesting Rules in App-Based Management - Joanna Bronowicka and Mirela Ivanova Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe Global South is the epicentre of workers’ struggles todayTrade Review'In these depressing times, when the neoliberal consensus has acquired an aura of inevitability akin to the Laws of Physics, it is a breath of fresh air to read serious scholarship that challenges this consensus' -- Norman Finkelstein'The rising anti-imperialist struggles in both the underdeveloped and developed countries are signalling the resurgence of the world proletarian-socialist revolution. Immanuel Ness makes a just call for forging a global workers' movement by reinvigorating and further developing the trade union movement, the workers' parties and political movements to fight for the rights and interests of the working class and the rest of the suffering people' -- Professor Jose Maria Sison, Chairperson Emeritus of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines and Co-Founder of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines'Important' -- Richard Wolff, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst'Timely and relevant. The theoretical framing around political organisation of the working class for social transformation is much-needed. Its energetic, provocative scholarship with insightful case studies from across the South makes it essential reading for academics and activists alike' -- Anita Hammer, Senior Lecturer of Organisational Studies and Human Resources, University of Essex'A valuable book that addresses the necessity of revolutionary organization in times of socialist ideological resurgence. Essential reading to anyone wishing to understand the proletarianization of the Global South. Its in-depth examination of modern forms of imperialist exploitation and revolts contribute to comprehending areas rarely covered by mainstream social science' -- Ali Kadri, National University of Singapore'A rich combination of theoretical insights and valuable case-studies from the Global South - a much-needed reminder that the agenda of social transformation requires a strong and sustained political intervention to turn protests into a powerful movement' -- Prabhat Patnaik, Jawaharlal Nehru University'Challenges the prevailing racializing perception of the Southern worker held in the North as powerless and without agency. 'Organizing Insurgency' is a must read for an understanding of imperialism, which has normalized a lack of awareness of the sustaining role of the southern agricultural and industrial workers in global capitalism' -- Himani Bannerji, York UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Forging a New Global Workers’ Movement 1 PART I - THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF LABOUR IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH 1. The Labour Atlas: The Southern Working Class Holding Up the World 2. Workers’ Movements in the South: Inequality, Poverty, and Enduring Relevance of Rural Proletariat and Informal Sector Workers PART II - CASE STUDIES: RURAL AND INFORMAL LABOUR STRUGGLES 3. Primitive Steel Manufacturing for the Global Consumer Market: Capital, Super-exploitation, and Surplus Value in Wazirpur, India 4. The Enduring System of Global Agricultural Commodity Production and First World Commodity Extraction: The Case of Mindanao, the Philippines 5. Global Capitalism: Corporate Restructuring, Labour Brokering, and Working-class Mobilization in South Africa 6. Conclusion: Labour Struggles and Political Organization Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn authoritative overview of the question of power in trade union strategyTrade Review'Jane Holgate is a brilliant thinker. By centring her thesis on power, this book contributes to our understanding of what strategies and mechanisms enable workers to stand a chance at achieving justice' -- Jane McAlevey is an organiser, scholar and author of 'No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age' (Oxford University Press, 2018)'A must-read - by a top-class scholar, union educator and activist, and written with exceptional clarity. Readers will come away with a deeper understanding of the world and with the tools to change it' -- John Kelly, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations at Birkbeck College University of London'Part history text, part employment relations research; Jane Holgate's book critiques decades of union renewal strategies in the UK and questions assumptions from both the left and right over how to regain collective power rather than just recruit new members' -- Dave Smith is a blacklisted construction worker and co-author of 'Blacklisted: The Secret War Between Big Business and Union Activists' (New Internationalist, 2016)'A brilliant treatise on how to think about worker power in the context of sweeping structural change. It is well past time for labour scholars to return to this fundamental question and Jane Holgate has made an indispensable contribution to the canon' -- Janice Fine, Professor of Labour Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University and Director of Research and Strategy at the Centre on Innovation in Worker Organisation'An excellent review of the leaps forward and setbacks for workers and their unions, and an invaluable read for Jane Holgate's astute analyses. But that's not what the book is about. It is about power. Power for workers, which is the reason for organising, and which is too often forgotten in the daily struggle. We can continue on the current path to oblivion, with unions becoming little more than legacy politicians, or remember our roots and aggressively organise in new ways with workers in an evolving economy' -- Wade Rathke, founder and Chief Organiser of ACORN International'In examining the problems that we have to face to rebuild the movement, this analysis of power, who has it and how to build it, is a must-read for aspiring activists. An essential book for those who are committed to the idea that trade unionism is a vehicle through which we can organise to delivering transformative change for all workers' -- Wilf Sullivan, Race Equality Officer for the Trades Union Congress (TUC)'Jane Holgate's experience as an academic and a union activist has given her unique insights that make this book an important read for anyone who wants to understand where unions have been, where they are now and where they need to go' -- Arnie Graf, community organiser with the Industrial Areas Foundation and author of 'Lessons Learned. Stories from a Lifetime of Organizing' (ACTA Publications, 2020)'Arise brings together a range of material including working class history and powerful critiques of union attempts at rejuvenation to produce a useful contribution to the vital debates about the workers’ movement' -- ‘rs21’'An essential read for activists, labour leaders, union organisers and academics who seek to create a better world.' -- 'Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research'Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Series Preface Acknowledgements 1. Looking to the Past to Understand the Present 2. Let’s Talk about Social Power 3. Harnessing Power in the Late Nineteenth-Century–Early Twentieth-Century ‘Gig Economy’ 4. Understanding and Using Levers of Power in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century 5. Structural Change and the Weakening of the Power of Workers 6. Union Responses to Decline and Loss of Power 7. Organising in Theory: Recruitment in Practice? 8. Leadership, Strategic Choice and Union Power in the Turn to Organising 9. Winning Power is Possible Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn authoritative overview of the question of power in trade union strategyTrade Review'Jane Holgate is a brilliant thinker. By centring her thesis on power, this book contributes to our understanding of what strategies and mechanisms enable workers to stand a chance at achieving justice' -- Jane McAlevey is an organiser, scholar and author of 'No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age' (Oxford University Press, 2018)'A must-read - by a top-class scholar, union educator and activist, and written with exceptional clarity. Readers will come away with a deeper understanding of the world and with the tools to change it' -- John Kelly, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations at Birkbeck College University of London'Part history text, part employment relations research; Jane Holgate's book critiques decades of union renewal strategies in the UK and questions assumptions from both the left and right over how to regain collective power rather than just recruit new members' -- Dave Smith is a blacklisted construction worker and co-author of 'Blacklisted: The Secret War Between Big Business and Union Activists' (New Internationalist, 2016)'A brilliant treatise on how to think about worker power in the context of sweeping structural change. It is well past time for labour scholars to return to this fundamental question and Jane Holgate has made an indispensable contribution to the canon' -- Janice Fine, Professor of Labour Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University and Director of Research and Strategy at the Centre on Innovation in Worker Organisation'An excellent review of the leaps forward and setbacks for workers and their unions, and an invaluable read for Jane Holgate's astute analyses. But that's not what the book is about. It is about power. Power for workers, which is the reason for organising, and which is too often forgotten in the daily struggle. We can continue on the current path to oblivion, with unions becoming little more than legacy politicians, or remember our roots and aggressively organise in new ways with workers in an evolving economy' -- Wade Rathke, founder and Chief Organiser of ACORN International'In examining the problems that we have to face to rebuild the movement, this analysis of power, who has it and how to build it, is a must-read for aspiring activists. An essential book for those who are committed to the idea that trade unionism is a vehicle through which we can organise to delivering transformative change for all workers' -- Wilf Sullivan, Race Equality Officer for the Trades Union Congress (TUC)'Jane Holgate's experience as an academic and a union activist has given her unique insights that make this book an important read for anyone who wants to understand where unions have been, where they are now and where they need to go' -- Arnie Graf, community organiser with the Industrial Areas Foundation and author of 'Lessons Learned. Stories from a Lifetime of Organizing' (ACTA Publications, 2020)'Arise brings together a range of material including working class history and powerful critiques of union attempts at rejuvenation to produce a useful contribution to the vital debates about the workers’ movement' -- ‘rs21’'An essential read for activists, labour leaders, union organisers and academics who seek to create a better world.' -- 'Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research'Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Series Preface Acknowledgements 1. Looking to the Past to Understand the Present 2. Let’s Talk about Social Power 3. Harnessing Power in the Late Nineteenth-Century–Early Twentieth-Century ‘Gig Economy’ 4. Understanding and Using Levers of Power in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century 5. Structural Change and the Weakening of the Power of Workers 6. Union Responses to Decline and Loss of Power 7. Organising in Theory: Recruitment in Practice? 8. Leadership, Strategic Choice and Union Power in the Turn to Organising 9. Winning Power is Possible Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA Marxist investigation into the forms of resistance occurring in the UK call centre todayTrade Review'A sharp reminder of the difficulties faced by call-centre workers' -- Financial Times'Jamie Woodcock shows us what call centres can tell us about bleakness and resistance in the modern workplace' -- VICE'Jamie Woodcock's brilliant insider account of life in a British call-centre reveals the dirty realities of digital capitalism ... a book that is sure to become a classic' -- Peter Fleming, author of The Mythology of Work (Pluto, 2015)'In this urgent and incisive study, Woodcock identifies the imposing challenges to organising against exploitation in conditions of atomised precarity, while also giving us precious glimpses of what a counter-offensive against capital might look like. A masterful lesson in how sociology can serve both to interpret and change a world of labour under the pall of austerity' -- Alberto Toscano, Reader in Critical Theory, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London'Woodcock knows not only his theory but his subject inside out. There's casualisation, cruelty and regimentation, but also subversion, and his focus on employee resistance offers a flicker of hope' -- Times Higher Education'Everyone should read Jamie Woodcock's book' -- Manchester Review of Books'A theoretically sophisticated and empiracally rich account of what it is like to work in a call centre' -- Red PepperTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Working in the Call Centre 3. Management 4. Moments of Resistance 5. Precarious Organisation 6. Conclusion Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisHow do childcare, healthcare, education, family life and the roles of gender, race and sexuality affect our lives under capitalism?Trade Review'Theoretically robust and empirically grounded chapters demonstrate the enduring value of a Marxist feminist approach. A welcome collection!' -- Rosemary Hennessy, L.H. Favrot Professor of Humanities and Professor of English, Rice University, and author of Profit and Pleasure: Sexual Identities in Late Capitalism'The varied and suggestive essays in this rich collection are of great value, not only to newcomers to the field, but also to those already grounded in this rich arena for inquiry and organising' -- Hester Eisenstein, author of Feminism Seduced: How Global Elites Use Women's Labour and Ideas to Exploit the World (2009)'A must read for those who want to go beyond the binaries and the 'social' conceived as an aggregation of intersecting systems or overlapping spheres. It is an ambitious project aiming for epistemologies of resistance' -- Himani Bannerji, author of The Dark Side of the Nation: Essays on Multiculturalism, Nationalism, and Gender (2000)'A marvellous new collection' -- Jordy Rosenberg, Los Angeles Review of Books'Every socialist needs to read it now' -- Socialist Action'Feminist thinking about questions of social reproduction offers a much-needed break with the impasse that mainstream feminism finds itself in - and this collection provides a fantastic weapon for that task' -- Red PepperTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by Lise Vogel 1. Introduction: Mapping Social Reproduction Theory - Tithi Bhattacharya 2. Crisis of Care? On the Social-Reproductive Contradictions of Contemporary Capitalism - Nancy Fraser 3. Without Reserves - Salar Mohandesi and Emma Teitelman 4. How Not to Skip Class: Social Reproduction of Labor and the Global Working Class - Tithi Bhattacharya 5. Intersections and Dialectics: Critical Reconstructions in Social Reproduction Theory - David McNally 6. Children, Childhood and Capitalism: A Social Reproduction Perspective - Susan Ferguson 7. Mostly Work, Little Play: Social Reproduction, Migration and Paid Domestic Work in Montreal - Carmen Teeple Hopkins 8. Pensions and Social Reproduction - Serap Saritas Oran 9. Body Politics: The Social Reproduction of Sexualities - Alan Sears 10. From Social Reproduction Feminism to the Women's Strike - Cinzia Arruzza Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline.Trade Review"Written with unusual clarity and confidence, this small book packs a big intellectual punch. No one interested in new work in the sociology of consumption should be without it." Charles Lemert, Wesleyan University Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. Consumption as a Key Concept. 2. Production and Consumption. 3. Consumer Society: Utopia or Dystopia?. 4. Living in Consumer Society. 5. McDonaldization and Disneyization. 6. Consumer Activism. References. Inndex.

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Book SynopsisIn this stimulating and highly original work, Kevin Doogan looks at contemporary social transformation through the lens of the labour market. Major themes of the day -- globalization, technological change and the new economy, the pension and demographic timebombs, flexibility and traditional employment -- are all subject to critical scrutiny.Trade Review"Highly recommended - particularly significant with regard to the current crisis of the financial markets." Journal of Contemporary European Studies "A really valuable book which will remind everyone that our side still has power - if we use it." International Socialism "A well structured and attractively written text that represents a fine contribution to the analysis of contemporary development in the world of work." Work, Employment and Society "Doogan's New Capitalism? presents a challenging new vision of current and future connections between employees and employers. New Capitalism? provides a theoretically insightful and empirically informed critique of visions focused on the increasing precariousness of employment. A must read for scholars and students of work, economy and polity." Randy Hodson, Ohio State University "Reality is more intelligent than the prophets of “New capitalism”, who ask for radically deregulated financial, product and labour markets. With the present collapse, public bailout and re-regulation of the financial system, Doogan’s findings, that long term jobs have continued to grow as a productive asset for the economy, are particular welcome." Peter Auer, Chief of the Employment Analysis and Research Unit, ILO, Geneva "Kevin Doogan annihilates conventional wisdom on labour markets. The extraordinary wealth and depth of data which he has amassed will make readers wonder why so many were misled for so long. But Doogan has an answer for this too. The arrival of this book is a seismic event which will send shockwaves in every political direction." Ralph Fevre, Cardiff University School of Social Sciences "An excellent book." Socialist ReviewTable of ContentsList of figures and tables viii Preface ix Acknowledgements xii Introduction 1 1 From Post-Industrial Society to New Capitalism: The Evolution of a Narrative of Social Change 16 2 Technological Change: Autonomization and Dematerialization 43 3 Globalization: Mobility, Transnationality and Employment 63 4 Theorizing the Labour Market 88 5 Globalization, Demographic Change and Social Welfare 114 6 The Flexible Labour Market and the Contingent Economy 143 7 Long-term Employment and the New Economy 169 8 Job Insecurity, Precarious Employment and Manufactured Uncertainty 194 9 Conclusion 207 References 215 Index 231

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Book Synopsis* Danny Miller is one of the leading anthropologists in the world today and is a key figure in the study of material culture. * This book is unique: it is the first attempt to analyse in detail the life of the au pair and the families for whom they work.Trade Review“A great read and an intriguing academic study … Rich in content not only for anyone who thinks about employing or becoming an au pair, but also for everyone scientifically interested in an ethnography of this specific institution.” Anthropos "Pick up this book when you want a guilt-free escape from your day-to-day academic work. This is a vivid and engaging account of the life of Slovak au pairs in London. Written for the specialist and non-specialist alike, it offers great insight into the problems of intercultural communication, structured by the fundamental contradictions of the institution of the au pair." Journal of Intercultural Studies "Miller and Burikova's criticisms are all too real" The Times "A highly engaging read, which begs the question: why is more scholarly work not written in this way?" Social & Cultural Geography "A useful resource for all interested in both migration and gender studies. It challenges steretypes on the one hand of the au pair as an uneducated, poor and sexualised object and of host parents as cold, uncaring and exploitative on the other. It provides a huge amount of rich ethnographic data that challenge readers to think differently about family life, domestic tasks and the migration of young women." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies "With its fine-grained ethnographic detail, skillfully presented in vivid prose, this book illuminates every aspect of the hopes, fantasies and frustrations that constitute the frequently troubled ties and misunderstandings between au pairs and their employers. A huge pleasure to read, Au Pair provides a definitive, indispensable text for addressing this increasingly prevalent facet of family life, with its own suggestions for improving the lives of both au pairs and the families in which they reside." Lynne Segal, Birkbeck College and author of Why Feminism? "A long overdue book that deals sensitively with the experiences of both au pairs and host families. It moves between individual stories and their social context to reveal the tensions and the potential of this unique relationship." Bridget Anderson, University of OxfordTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Prologue 1 1 Why Not? 5 2 An Embarrassing Presence 32 3 The Hard Work and the Soft Touch 60 4 Sort of English 87 5 Bored in Beddlingham 114 6 Men 137 7 Out of Time 156 8 Conclusion: Structure, Behaviour and Consequence 171 Appendix: Academic Studies of Domestic Labour 184 References 200 Index 204

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Book Synopsis* Danny Miller is one of the leading anthropologists in the world today and is a key figure in the study of material culture. * This book is unique: it is the first attempt to analyse in detail the life of the au pair and the families for whom they work.Trade Review“A great read and an intriguing academic study … Rich in content not only for anyone who thinks about employing or becoming an au pair, but also for everyone scientifically interested in an ethnography of this specific institution.” Anthropos "Pick up this book when you want a guilt-free escape from your day-to-day academic work. This is a vivid and engaging account of the life of Slovak au pairs in London. Written for the specialist and non-specialist alike, it offers great insight into the problems of intercultural communication, structured by the fundamental contradictions of the institution of the au pair." Journal of Intercultural Studies "Miller and Burikova's criticisms are all too real" The Times "A highly engaging read, which begs the question: why is more scholarly work not written in this way?" Social & Cultural Geography "A useful resource for all interested in both migration and gender studies. It challenges steretypes on the one hand of the au pair as an uneducated, poor and sexualised object and of host parents as cold, uncaring and exploitative on the other. It provides a huge amount of rich ethnographic data that challenge readers to think differently about family life, domestic tasks and the migration of young women." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies "With its fine-grained ethnographic detail, skillfully presented in vivid prose, this book illuminates every aspect of the hopes, fantasies and frustrations that constitute the frequently troubled ties and misunderstandings between au pairs and their employers. A huge pleasure to read, Au Pair provides a definitive, indispensable text for addressing this increasingly prevalent facet of family life, with its own suggestions for improving the lives of both au pairs and the families in which they reside." Lynne Segal, Birkbeck College and author of Why Feminism? "A long overdue book that deals sensitively with the experiences of both au pairs and host families. It moves between individual stories and their social context to reveal the tensions and the potential of this unique relationship." Bridget Anderson, University of OxfordTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Prologue 1 1 Why Not? 5 2 An Embarrassing Presence 32 3 The Hard Work and the Soft Touch 60 4 Sort of English 87 5 Bored in Beddlingham 114 6 Men 137 7 Out of Time 156 8 Conclusion: Structure, Behaviour and Consequence 171 Appendix: Academic Studies of Domestic Labour 184 References 200 Index 204

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Book SynopsisThis leading, authoritative textbook has been carefully and substantially revised to provide the indispensable foundational resource for the sociology of work. The fourth edition has been transformed to combine unrivalled explanations of classic theories with the most cutting-edge research, data and debates.Trade Review"This new text provides a remarkably comprehensive overview of the world of work, rich in its coverage of diverse disciplinary perspectives, and offering historical, contemporary and future-oriented accounts of working patterns and controversies. And it does what many texts claim and few deliver – that is, it pays detailed attention to issues of gender and race as well as class."Jill Rubery, Manchester Business School "A magnificent new edition that manages to combine key theories, analysis of contemporary changes in the service economy and speculation about the future of work – all in an admirably accessible style. An indispensable text for students of labour geography as well as for sociologists of work and employment."Linda McDowell, University of OxfordTable of ContentsIntroduction1. What is Work?2. Work in Historical Perspective3. Classical Approaches to Work: Marx, Durkheim and Weber4. Contemporary Theories of Work Organization5. Class, Industrial Conflict and the Labour Process6. Gender, Patriarchy and Trade Unions7. Race, Ethnicity and Labour Markets: Recruitment and the Politics of Exclusion8. Working Technology9. Contemporary Work: The Service Sector and the Knowledge Economy10. The Meaning of Work in the Contemporary Economy11. Work in the Global EconomyGlossary

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a reasoned, unflinching analysis of how race and paid work are linked in U.S. society. It offers readers the rich conceptual and empirical foundation needed to understand key issues surrounding both race and work.Trade Review“Race and Work offers an engaging and thought-provoking analysis of the connections between race, ethnicity, and work opportunities and experiences. The book counteracts color-blind myths by situating persistent work-related race inequities in structures as well as interactions, invisible as well as visible racist practices. Loscocco invites readers to the discussion by skilfully creating a narrative based in logic and evidence. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in how and why race inequality persists.” Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University and 2018 President of the American Sociological Association “Loscocco brings much-needed attention to the complex relationship between race and work. Not only does she bring historical evidence to bear on current-day workplace racial inequalities, but she goes beyond the usual conversation about black–white differences, discussing the work experiences of Native American tribe members and emphasizing differences among Asian and Hispanic subgroups.” Julie Kmec, Washington State UniversityTable of Contents Introduction 1. Race and Work: Laying the Conceptual Groundwork 2. The Roots of Race-Based Work Inequalities 3 Activism and Entrepreneurship 4. The Past is in the Present: Persistent Work Inequalities 5. Explaining Race Differences in Work Outcomes 6. Trending Race and Work Issues 7. Reducing Racial Inequities at Work

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a reasoned, unflinching analysis of how race and paid work are linked in U.S. society. It offers readers the rich conceptual and empirical foundation needed to understand key issues surrounding both race and work.Trade Review“Race and Work offers an engaging and thought-provoking analysis of the connections between race, ethnicity, and work opportunities and experiences. The book counteracts color-blind myths by situating persistent work-related race inequities in structures as well as interactions, invisible as well as visible racist practices. Loscocco invites readers to the discussion by skilfully creating a narrative based in logic and evidence. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in how and why race inequality persists.” Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University and 2018 President of the American Sociological Association “Loscocco brings much-needed attention to the complex relationship between race and work. Not only does she bring historical evidence to bear on current-day workplace racial inequalities, but she goes beyond the usual conversation about black–white differences, discussing the work experiences of Native American tribe members and emphasizing differences among Asian and Hispanic subgroups.” Julie Kmec, Washington State UniversityTable of Contents Introduction 1. Race and Work: Laying the Conceptual Groundwork 2. The Roots of Race-Based Work Inequalities 3 Activism and Entrepreneurship 4. The Past is in the Present: Persistent Work Inequalities 5. Explaining Race Differences in Work Outcomes 6. Trending Race and Work Issues 7. Reducing Racial Inequities at Work

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding why low-skilled workers in developing countries migrated to Iraq to support the US War on Terror.Trade Review"This book will no doubt stimulate further sociological research in many ways. It is elegantly composed, informatively written, and carefully argued. Moreover, Thomas cautiously and courageously addresses both urgent social issues and the previous research used in the analysis." American Journal of Sociology“Through a meticulous and cohesive mixture of migrants’ perspectives, empirical evidence, theoretical grounding, and policy recommendations, Contract Workers, Risk, and the War in Iraq presents a thoughtful discussion on labor migration that adds tremendously to the fields of public policy, political science, international relations, and African studies.” Abdul Karim Bangura, American University"Throughout his text, Thomas skillfully weaves together a myriad of methodologies and ideologies from disparate disciplines to critically analyze the contemporary phenomenon of Sierra Leonean labor migration to a conflict zone. Perhaps most significantly, Thomas's study bears the question of the role and responsibility of the American military in developing and enforcing policies for the fair recruitment, treatment, and protection of laborers, particularly in high-risk situations, where it is increasingly employing migratory contract workers. The contemporary cost of waging war needs to better account for the assumption of risk by migrant laborers, who increasingly find themselves employed in places where few others dare to go." H-War"Contract Workers, Risk, and the War in Iraq is a significant contribution to scholarship on military contracting and raises important questions about high-risk migration into warzones." International Migration Review"Thomas's exploration of race, in particular in looking at dynamics between African migrants and African-American soldiers, is rich and could be a study in and of itself. The processes and products of return migration that Thomas interrogates, specificall"Thomas' account of contract workers in Iraq provides detailed and first-hand insights from contract workers on military bases that will help to inform wider sociological work investigating the nature of contract work in the 21st century in all its forms.

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Book SynopsisSince the turn of the twenty-first century, Canadian unions have scored a number of important Supreme Court victories, securing constitutional rights to picket, bargain collectively, and strike. But how did the labour movement, historically hostile to judicial intervention in labour relations, come to embrace legal activism as a first line of defense as opposed to a last resort? Unions in Court documents the evolution of the Canadian labour movement's engagement with the Charter, demonstrating how and why labour has adopted a controversial, Charter-based legal strategy to challenge and change legislation that restricts union rights. This book's in-depth examination of constitutional labour rights will have critical implications for labour movements as well as activists in other fields. Trade Review"Larry Savage and Charles Smith in Unions in Court: Organized Labour and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms provide a lively and illuminating account of the evolution of Canadian labour law[…]" -- Braham Dabscheck * Industrial Relations / Relations industrielles *Unions in Court is a key account of a vital piece of Canadian history and is a must-read for anyone involved in labour law. It should find its way into public, academic, courthouse, and government libraries, and, of course, the collection of any private firm with a labour department. -- Ken Fox, Reference Librarian, Law Society of Saskatchewan Library * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Law, Workers, and Courts1 Labour Rights in the Pre-Charter Era2 Disorganized Labour and the Charter of Rights3 Canadian Labour and the First Era of Charter Challenges4 A Legal Response to Neoliberalism5 The Possibilities and Limitations of Constitutional Labour Rights6 A New Era of Constitutional Labour RightsConclusion: Which Way Forward?Notes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisSince the turn of the twenty-first century, Canadian unions have scored a number of important Supreme Court victories, securing constitutional rights to picket, bargain collectively, and strike. But how did the labour movement, historically hostile to judicial intervention in labour relations, come to embrace legal activism as a first line of defense as opposed to a last resort? Unions in Court documents the evolution of the Canadian labour movement's engagement with the Charter, demonstrating how and why labour has adopted a controversial, Charter-based legal strategy to challenge and change legislation that restricts union rights. This book's in-depth examination of constitutional labour rights will have critical implications for labour movements as well as activists in other fields. Trade Review"Larry Savage and Charles Smith in Unions in Court: Organized Labour and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms provide a lively and illuminating account of the evolution of Canadian labour law[…]" -- Braham Dabscheck * Industrial Relations / Relations industrielles *Unions in Court is a key account of a vital piece of Canadian history and is a must-read for anyone involved in labour law. It should find its way into public, academic, courthouse, and government libraries, and, of course, the collection of any private firm with a labour department. -- Ken Fox, Reference Librarian, Law Society of Saskatchewan Library * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Law, Workers, and Courts1 Labour Rights in the Pre-Charter Era2 Disorganized Labour and the Charter of Rights3 Canadian Labour and the First Era of Charter Challenges4 A Legal Response to Neoliberalism5 The Possibilities and Limitations of Constitutional Labour Rights6 A New Era of Constitutional Labour RightsConclusion: Which Way Forward?Notes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisUsing research from an innovative, cross-national project, this book answers fundamental questions about the nature of work in modern life. An important contribution to the global study of human development across the lifespan, this book contains a wealth of information and valuable instruments.Trade Review"Destined to be a classic reference for every serious scholar ofcareer development theory and for practitioners of careercounseling around the world. Sets standards of scope, quality,integrity, and integration is cross-national comparisons that willnot soon be matched." --Edwin L. Herr, distinguished professor ofeducation, Pennsylvania State University "Offers a stimulating discussion around the questions of study.Professionals interested in career assessment, vocationalcounseling, personnel selection and program evaluation can benefitfrom the instrumentation yielded by this study."Table of ContentsPart One: Introduction 1. Studies of the Meaning of Work: Approaches, Models, and Some ofthe Findings(Branimir Sverko, Vlasta Vizek-Vidovic) 2. The Role Concept in Career Development(David J. Gouws) 3. Values: Their Nature, Assessment, and Practical Use(Donald E.Super) 4. Developing the Work Importance Study(J. Ferreira-Marques, M. J.Miranda) Part Two: The National Projects 5. Studies of Work Importance in Australia(Janice J. Lokan,Meredith Shears) 6. The Flemish Work Importance Study(Pol Coetsier, RitaClaes) 7. The Canadian Study of Life Roles and Values(Catherine Casserly,George Fitzsimmons, Donald Macnab) 8. Life Roles and Values in Croatia: Some Results of the WorkImportance Study(Branimir Sverko, Zeljko Jerneica, AlijaKulenovica, Vlasta Vizek-Vidovic) 9. The Israeli Work Importance Study(Edgar Krau) 10. Life Roles and Values in Italy: Some Results of the WorkImportance Study(Giancarlo Trentini) 11. Work Values and Role Salience in Japanese Culture(NubuoNakanishi, Toshiki Mikawa) 12. The Work Importance Study in Poland(Elzbieta M. Hornowska,Wladislaw J. Paluchowski) 13. The Portuguese Work Importance Study(J. Ferreira-Marques) 14. The South African Work Importance Study(Ronelle Langley) 15. The Work Importance Study in the United States(Dorothy D.Nevill) Part Three: Cross-National and Topical Studies 16. The Structure and Hierarchy of Values ViewedCross-Nationally(Branimir Sverko) 17. Values in a Cross-Cultural Perspective: A FurtherAnalysis(Giancarlo Trentini, Giovanni Battista Muzio) 18. The Five Major Life Roles Viewed Cross-Nationally(AlijaKulenovic, Donald E. Super) 19. Role Commitment and Values Among Adolescents from FourCountries(Janice J. Lokan) 20. Role Salience and Time Use in Canada(Catherine Casserly, AndrewHarvey) 21. The Importance of Work in Two Waves of Cuban Immigrants to theUnited States(Dorothy D. Nevill, Andres Nazario, Jr.) 22. Role Salience in Employment and Unemployment: A Cross-NationalComparison of Canada, Belgian Flanders, and Italy(Rita Claes,Massimo Bellotto, Catherine Casserly, Pol Coetsier, Donald Macnab,Marisa Sangiorgi) Tests of the Work Importance Study Model of Role Salience(Donald E.Super) Homemakers and Employed Women in Belgian Flanders and the SoutheastUnited States(Rita Claes, Grace Martin, Pol Coetsier, Donald E.Super) Perceptions and Expectations of the Worker and Homemaker Roles inAustralia, Portugal, and the United States(Dorothy D. Nevill) Part Four: Conclusion 26. The Findings of the Work Importance Study(Branimir Sverko,Donald E. Super) AppAndixes: Values Scale Data from Different Countries: Mean Scoresand Standard Deviations in Secondary Education, Higher Education,and Adult Samples; Values Structure: Totated Factor Matrix for a Global PooledSample; Similarity of Value Factors Across the Countries: Factor CongruenceSummary Table; Value Hierarchies of National Samples; Values Scale Mean Z Scores for Secondary Education, HigherEducation, and Adult Samples in Different Countries; Mean Value Factor Scores for Secondary Education, Higher Education,and Adult Samples in Different Countries; Role Salience Data from Different Countries: Mean Scores andStandard Deviations in Secondary Education, Higher Education, andAdult Samples; Rotated Factor Structure Matrix of the Salience Measures; Overall Means and Standard Deviations of Salience Variables forSecondary Education, Higher Education, and Adult Subjects; Role Salience Z Scores for Secondary Education, Higher Education,and Adult Samples in Different Countries; Mean Factor Scores (Hierarchies of Samples) for Role Salience

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Book SynopsisEach year, hundreds of academics begin new faculty appointments. Some are just launching new careers, while others are advancing to new campuses. As faculty members and their institutions struggle to ease the passage to a new environment, they are faced with critical questions. What are the challenges of the transition process? And how does that process differ for first-time faculty and seasoned faculty? Drawing on a study conducted by researchers at the National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Faculty in New Jobs shows how faculty and institutions can work together to ease the transition to a new job and facilitate the process of mastering academic work. Robert Menges and his associates offer practical, real-world advice covering all phases of the faculty career--from the difficult early process of settling in, to becoming socially and academically established, to ultimately building the institutional supports necessary for a successful career.Trade Review"Perhaps the single most important book a new educator seeking to succeed in his or her chosen profession could read. Faculty in New Jobs is a highly recommAnded addition to any personal, teacher college, or university library career reference collection for educators, especially those who seek tenure or administrative advance with their school." --Wisconsin BookwatchTable of Contents1. Becoming a Newcomer, Sarah M. Dinham Part I: Settling In 2. Dilemmas of Newly Hired Faculty, Robert J. Menges 3. New Faculty Talk about Stress, Sarah M. Dinham 4. Experiences of Women, Experiences of Men, Lois Calian Trautvetter 5. Perspectives on Faculty of Color, Mia Alexander-Snow, Barbara J. Johnson 6. Mentoring and Collegiality, Rita K. Bode Part II: Getting Established 7. Learning What Students Understand, Lisa Firing Lenze, Sarah M. Dinham 8. Seeking and Using Feedback, Robert J. Menges 9. Feeling in Control, Raymond P. Perry, Verena H. Menec, C. Ward Struthers 10. Faculty Well-Being and Vitality, Charles J. Walker, Natalie M. Hale Part III: Building Institutional Supports 11. How Disciplinary Consensus Affects Faculty, John M. Braxton, Joseph B. Berger 12. Establishing a Teaching Development Culture, Jennifer Woods Quinn 13. Learning from Leavers, Shoshanah Bechhofer, Brian T. Barnhart 14. Accountability for Faculty Welfare, Lisa Firing Lenze

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Book SynopsisEveryone who struggles to meet the demands of work and personal-life responsibilities knows how tough it is to do so. This bold new book shows that it is the deeply engrained separation of work and personal life that has limited our ability to deal effectively with the conflict between them. Beyond Work-Family Balance demonstrates why the image of balance is outmoded and why a new approach -- work-personal life integration -- offers greater promise for meaningful change. Providing many examples from action research projects in more than a dozen organizations of different kinds, the authors show how using their method of integrating rather than separating personal-life considerations from the workplace can achieve positive outcomes, not only for workers but also for the work. The method offers a way of looking deeply into the work culture to find inequitable and ineffective work practices that are so embedded and routine that no one thinks to question them -- they are jusTrade ReviewA welcome contribution to theory and practice, this volume describes aprogram developed by the authors (academics and professionals experienced in the work/family and organizational behavior fields) to create a more equitable and satisfying workplace. Their program is different in that it attempts to tie together two organizational goals usually tackled separately: improving the bottom line and improving employees' ability to manage their work and personal lives. The authors' underlying beliefs that work and family life should be integrated and that when it is, gender and diversity issues will be addressed and employees will be more effective contributors to their organizations. When it is not integrated, management often experiences costs without productivity gains, while employees often feel work/family initiatives have not been successful. The authors detail actions taken in several consulting assignments with various companies, sharing surveys and meeting agendas. They describe a process that includes many discussions, frequent feedback, and reevaluation. Problems andfailures as well as successes are reported. Clients are assisted inunderstanding assumptions associated with work needs, personal requirements, communication methods, outcome measurements, and rewards. The ideas presented in this volume are provocative and the suggestions realistically appraised. Recommended for graduate, research, and professional collections. -- F. Reitman, Pace UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. The Authors. Chapter 1. Introduction: The Equity Imperative. Part 1: Context and Concepts. Chapter 2. Pursuing Equity in Gendered Organizations. Chapter 3. Linking Equity and Organizational Effectiveness:The Dual Agenda. Part 2: Collaborative Interactive Action Research (CIAR). Chapter 4. Pursuing the Dual Agenda with CIAR. Chapter 5. Making Change. Chapter 6. Walking the Talk: Reflections from the CIARTeam. Part 3: Looking Ahead. Chapter 7. Sustaining and Diffusing Equitable Change. Chapter 8. Looking Ahead to an Equitable World. Appendix: The Book in Context. Notes. Published Reports of Dual Agenda Experimentsand Additional References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of Career Choice and Development brings together the most current ideas of the recognized authorities in the field of career development. This classic best-seller has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include the most influential theories of career choice and development, and it contains up-to-date information regarding the application of these theories to counseling practice. This edition contains a wide range of career development theories that explore how people develop certain traits, personalities, self-precepts, and how these developments influence career decision making. This information will challenge teachers, researchers, and those involved in fostering career development to reexamine their assumptions and practices.Table of ContentsPreface. About the Authors. Part One: Introduction and Cases. * Introduction to Theories of Career Development and Choice: Origins, Evolution, and Current Efforts (Duane Brown). * Case Studies (Duane Brown). Part Two: Sociological Perspective. * Career Choice and Development from a Sociological Perspective (Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Jeylan T. Mortimer). Part Three: Developmental and Postmodern Theories. * Gottfredson's Theory of Circumscription, Compromise, and Self-Creation (Linda S. Gottfredson). * Career Construction: A Developmental Theory of Vocational Behavior (Mark L. Savickas). * A Contextualist Explanation of Career (Richard A. Young, Ladislav Valach, Audrey Collin). Part Four: Career Development Theories Anchored in Learning Theory. * Social Cognitive Career Theory (Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown, Gail Hackett). * A Cognitive Information Processing Approach to Career Problem Solving and Decision Making (Gary W. Peterson, James P. Sampson Jr., Janet G. Lenz, Robert C. Reardon). Part Five: Trait-Factor Theories and Summation * Holland's Theory of Personalities in Work Environments (Arnold R. Spokane, Erik J. Luchetta, Matthew H. Richwine). * Person-Environment-Correspondence Theory (Rene V. Dawis). * The Role of Work Values and Cultural Values in Occupational Choice, Satisfaction, and Success: A Theoretical Statement (Duane Brown). * Status of Theories of Career Choice and Development (Duane Brown). Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisMuch of the hoopla surrounding quality circles, teams, and high-performance work systems has been based on anecdotes and very thin evidence. It has not been established that those employee involvement strategies amount to anything more than another...Trade ReviewThis small book packs a big punch. We've long sought evidence that innovative work practices, such as teams and employee participation in problem solving, are worth the effort that it takes to implement them. Anecdotal studies and manager self-reports have offered some support that overall firm performance improves, but we've had little empirical evidence for our skeptical colleagues. Manufacturing Advantage delivers. -- Wendy S. Becker, University at Albany * Personnel Psychology *

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Book SynopsisThe widespread migration of civil servants to high-profile positions in the private and public sectors is known in Japan as amakudari, or "descent from heaven." Recent media stories associate the practice with corruption as the former officials seek...Trade ReviewAmakudari, by putting together different data sources, presents a useful, bird's-eye view of the extensive practice and serves as a good introduction to the topic, especially for those to whom the sheer scope of amakudari in Japanese society would be news. -- Koichi Nakano, Sophia University * Journal of Japanese Studies *Colignon documents the networks and informal relationships that make Japanese capitalism less than a pure market-driven system... and that there is no clear line between acceptable corporatism and corruption. * Foreign Affairs *The current debate over the nature of 'welfare capitalisms' would be greatly enriched with more material on Asian nations such as that provided by Colignon and Usui. Japan scholars, however, will also find this book extremely useful, not because of new ideas about the Japanese political-economy, but because of a wealth of new data confirming much of what we had already suspected. In no industrial society today do we find a power elite as united and commanding as in present day Japan. -- Harold R. Kerbo, California Polytechnic State University * Comparative Sociology *This volume presents a study of a set of Japanese practices collectively known as amakudari, or 'descent from heaven,' where high-level bureaucrats move from government ministries to top positions in public and private corporations as well as national politics.... In the last ten years, amakudari has become the chief obstacle to reform in Japan, and its legitimacy has been undermined by glaring government corruption and the gross mismanagement of the economy. This extremely interesting work reveals important hidden networks of influence in the Japanese political economy and contributes to further revealing the cultural specificity of Japanese capitalism. * Choice *Table of ContentsAmakudari and the political economy of Japan; Amakudari as institution; Amakudari - movement to the private sector; Yokosuberi and public corporations; Wataridori and private and public corporations; Chii Riyo and the movement to political office; Amakudari as power structure.

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Book SynopsisIn Urban Flow, Jeffrey L. Kidder introduces readers to the fascinating subculture of bike messengers, exploring its appeal as well as its uncertainties and dangers.Trade ReviewUrban Flow is a view of the cool urban culture that messengers have grown on the barren soil of the service economy, and reverberates with cycling's visceral pleasure. * American Journal of Sociology *Urban Flow's principle contribution is a call to sociologists of culture to more thoroughly examine emotions, space, and the relationship between the two; emotions are emplaced, and physical structures significantly shape interaction. Through what Kidder calls the 'affective appropriation of space' messengers resist the conformist, rationalized world of the city, affording moments, however small, of creativity and liberation. -- Ross Haenfler * Qualitative Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Lure of Delivery 1. The Job 2. The Lifestyle 3. Men's Work and Dirty Work 4. Playing in Traffi 5. The Deep Play of Alleycats 6. The Aff ective Appropriation of Space 7. The Meaning of Messenger Style Conclusion: The Politics of Appropriation

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Book SynopsisAs the world's factory China exerts an enormous pressure on workers around the world. Many nations have had to adjust to a new global political and economic reality, and so has China. Its workers and its official trade union federation have had to contend with rapid changes in industrial relations. Anita Chan argues that Chinese labor is too often viewed from a prism of exceptionalism and too rarely examined comparatively, even though valuable insights can be derived by analyzing China's workforce and labor relations side by side with the systems of other nations. The contributors to Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective compare labor issues in China with those in the United States, Australia, Japan, India, Pakistan, Germany, Russia, Vietnam, and Taiwan. They also draw contrasts among different types of workplaces within China. The chapters address labor regimes and standards, describe efforts to reshape industrial relations to improve the circumstances of workersTrade ReviewMost academic research about the working conditions of Chinese factory workers has been focused on China itself, with little or no reference and comparison to workers and working conditions in other countries. However, this new book edited by Chan (China Research Center, Univ. of Technology, Sydney, Australia) attempts to convince readers that China is not exceptional and that it is critical to use a comparative perspective as an analytical tool to explain Chinas labor conditions. -- R.M. Ramazani * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Fallacy of Chinese Exceptionalism by Anita ChanPart I. Historical and Structural Developments1. Exporting Corporatism? German and Japanese Transnationals' Regimes of Production in China by Boy Lüthje2. Globalization and Labor in China and the United States: Convergence and Divergence by Mingwei Liu, Frederick Scott Bentley, Mary Huong Thi Evans, and Susan J. SchurmanPart II. Labor Standards3. Recomposing Chinese Migrant and State-Sector Workers by Kevin Lin4. Industrial Upgrading and Work: The Impact of Industrial Transformation on Labor in Guangdong’s Garment and IT Industries by Florian Butollo5. The Working and Living Conditions of Garment Workers in China and Vietnam: A Comparative Study by Kaxton Siu6. Race to the Bottom: The Soccer Ball Industry in China, Pakistan, and India by Anita Chan, Hong Xue, Peter Lund-Thomsen, Khalid Nadvi, and Navjote KharaPart III. Trade Unions, Collective Bargaining, and the Right to Strike7. Labor NGOs under State Corporatism: Comparing China since the 1990s with Taiwan in the 1980s by Chris King-chi Chan and Yu-bin Chiu8. One Step Forward: Collective Bargaining Experiments in Vietnam and China by Katie Quan9. Creating a Right to Strike in China: Some Lessons from the Australian Experience by Thomas Nice and Sean Cooney10. Trade Union Reform in Russia and China: Harmony, Partnership, and Power from Below by Tim PringleNotes Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIn Building China, Sarah Swider draws on her research in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai between 2004 and 2012, including living in an enclave, working on construction jobsites, and interviews with eighty-three migrants, managers, and labor contractors. Her ethnography focuses on the work, family, and social lives of construction workers in China.Trade ReviewThe contributions of Building China are vast. Swider's call for a new language for under- standing informal labor is important and refreshing: it points toward new directions of inquiry in a field of labor studies that has fallen out of academic vogue in a political moment when it is most needed. -- Julia Chuang, Boston College * Industrial Labor Relations Review *Table of Contents1. Building China and the Making of a New Working Class2. The Hukou System, Migration, and the Construction Industry3. Mediated Employment: A City of Walls4. Embedded Employment: A City of Villages5. Individual Employment: A City of Violence6. Protest and Organizing among Informal Workers under Restrictive Regimes7. Informal Precarious Workers, Protests, and Precarious AuthoritarianismAppendix A. Methods, Sampling, and Access Appendix B. List of Construction Sites Appendix C. List of InterviewsNotes References Index

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Book SynopsisEver wonder what it would be like to be a Parisian street magician? A fish farmer in Norway? A costume designer in Bollywood? This playful and accessible book looks at different types of work around the world.Trade Review"I read with real pleasure and enjoyment this imaginative collection of essays produced mostly by established anthropologists, and a few others who are practitioners of their crafts, on a quirky diversity of jobs. Charmingly, Ilana Gershon offers this collection as 'a graduation gift to my students, a bouquet of possibilities so that you can start thinking in concrete detail about what you need to know to do many different kinds of unusual jobs.' A very valuable gift indeed for the sorts of job markets that a highly cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse college student body faces today. I was charmed by its imaginative and readable format, and A World of Work is also quite a deep collection on the nature of work in a number of specializations. It is for anyone who enjoys the drama, humor, and achievement of applying learned skills in everyday life." -- George E. Marcus, Director of the Center for Ethnography, University of California, Irvine, co,-author of Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary"This delightful book takes the reader into the everyday work lives of people all over the world. What is it like to be doctor in Malawi, a magician in Paris, a crime scene investigator in Sweden? Each chapter is unexpected and engaging. You'll discover your own work and cultural underpinnings by experiencing how different life is for others. This is the most interesting and entertaining job-oriented book I’ve read in a long time." -- Nicholas Lore, best-selling author of The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and SuccessTable of ContentsIntroduction by Ilana Gershon1. Letter to a Young Malawian Doctor by Claire Wendland and Chiwoza Bandawe2. What You Need to Know to Be a Fish Farmer in West Norway by Marianne Elisabeth Lien and John Law3. How to Be a Magician in Paris by Graham M. Jones with Loïc Marquet4. Being a Village Court Magistrate in Papua New Guinea by Melissa Demian5. The Chaplain: Being a Physician of the Soul in a Secular Age by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan and Christopher Swift6. Being a Crime Scene Technician in Sweden by Corinna Kruse7. Playing Piano without a Piano in Bolivia by Michelle Bigenho8. Making Do in Perpetual Crisis: How to Be a Journalist in Buryatia by Kathryn E. Graber9. How to Be a Professional Organizer in the United States by Carrie M. Lane10. The Character in Question: How to Design Film Costumes in India by Lovleen Bains and Clare Wilkinson11. Reflections from a Life on the Line: How to Be a Factory Worker by Caitrin Lynch and Warren Chamberlain12. How to Be a Cell Phone Repair Technician by Amanda Kemble, Briel Kobak, Joshua A. Bell, and Joel Kuipers13. Becoming a Professional Wrestler in Mexico City by Heather Levi14. The Pains and Peaks of Being a Ballerina in London by Helena WulffAfterword by Jean LaveList of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisJohn W. Budd contends that the turbulence of the current workplace and the importance of work for individuals and society make it vitally important that employment be given "a human face." Contradicting the traditional view of the employment...Trade ReviewIn this book, John W. Budd articulates a stimulating (re)conceptualization of the employment relationship in modern society.... He brings together a rich treatment of industrial relations and human resource management perspectives under the eclectic rubric of HRIR. Budd concludes by making a valuable call for a renaissance in the subject area through stronger multidisciplinary linkages. The challenge is for those who study and research HRIR to make this a reality by taking forward the agenda with research and debate. -- Tony Dundon * Comparative Labor and Policy Journal Vol 24 No 3 *This is a very good book.... Budd's scholarship is impressive, and he marshals his material in a clear, systematic fashion, which both affords a worthwhile taxonomy and also supports his theoretical position.... Budd takes an unfashionable direction by aiming to articulate explicit ethical points as the foundation for detailed analysis of industrial relations arrangements, but he does so deliberately and carefully is an attempt to show that popular economic models are not the only systematic basis that can be set out as a foundation for critical appraisal of work arrangements. It is difficult to imagine how he might have done better. -- Chris Provis, University of South Australia * The Journal of Industrial Relations *Budd presents a powerful case for reform of American employment relations. He focuses primarily on three dimensions of work: efficiency, equity, and voice.... This book is a well-researched and thoughtful analysis of an important subject. * Choice *Employment with a Human Face is essentially an argument in favor of equally balancing the needs of efficient production, labor market equity, and employee voice. According to Budd, this triad of employment concepts is often out of balance, and results in inefficient production, underemployment, or poor worker satisfaction. Balancing that triad, in Budd's view will provide the best of all possible outcomes for the employment relationship and for the economy at large.... The strength of the book comes in Budd's ability to line up different schools of thought about the employment relationship, such as industrial relations, human relations, or critical industrial relations, with their ethical underpinnings. -- Joel Schoening, University of Oregon * Newsletter of Organizations, Occupations, and Work *It's a tall order to bring together the past century of labour relations research into a cohesive picture, especially if the system in question operates at various levels, from grievances on the shop floor to the globalization of labour standards. But Budd gives it the best shot in recent memory. Employment with a Human Face is really a book out of the blue.... Budd is an engaging writer with a talent for describing arcane IR topics in a way that is accessible not only to university students, but to anyone with even a passing interest in labour relations.... Employment with a Human Face offers much that is new. It is a work of original scholarship whose explanations of complex ideas are as clear as they are relevant. -- Rafael Gomez, London School of Economics * Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations *

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together research in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand to answer a series of key questions...Trade ReviewWhat Workers Say examines the voice that employees have, and want, in the workplace and the role played by unions, employers, and governments in expanding, or restricting, that voice. The authors are interested in assessing and comparing what forms of employee voice are able to meet the needs and wants of workers in six nations: Australia, Britain, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States. * Work and Occupations *Freeman, Boxall, and Haynes provide the results of comprehensive on employee voice and the implications of their findings for labor unions in six countries.... Of the countries studied, the US has the most rigid, outmoded form of employee voice. Highly recommended. -- G. E. Kaupins * Choice *

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Book SynopsisRoland Erne''s view of transnational trade union networks challenges the assertion that no realistic prospect exists for remedying the European Union''s democratic deficitthat is, its domination by corporate interests and lack of a cohesive European people. His book describes the emergence of a European trade union movement that crosses national boundaries. Erne assesses national and EU-level trade union politics in two core areas: wage bargaining in the European Monetary Union and job protection during transnational corporate mergers and restructuring. The wage coordination policies of the European metal and construction workers'' unions and the unions'' responses in the ABB-Alstom Power and Alcan-Pechiney-Algroup merger cases, Erne finds, show that the activities of labor are not confined to the national level: labor''s policies have undergone Europeanization. This cross-national borrowing of tactics is itself proof of the increasing integration of European states and societies.Trade ReviewEuropean Unions is a very useful, well-constructed, and welcome contribution to a growing literature on the coordination of unions at the European level and is particularly valuable for its case studies. Erne handles the complexities of his subject well, applies his theoretical framework in a convincing way, and provides enough well-marshaled detail to persuade the reader of at least parts of his case. * Industrial Relations *Erne provides strong empirical evidence that unions not only are affected by European integration but also affect future EU developments through their actions. Erne provides readers with a timely and useful analysis of the ways that economic integration is changing the power resources of organized labor in Europe, the types of strategies unions have developed in response, and the role that labor may play in shaping the political development of the EU down the road. * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *Erne's pertinent study of European trade unionism is a sophisticated, nuanced examination of organized labor's attempt to create a transnational democracy in the EU. * Choice *Though European Unions is several years old, the book's discussion and analytic considerations relating to citizenry, democracy, collective action and bargaining, and governance remain topical. Indeed, the book's central claims are worth revisiting considering the trade union and labor resistance to austerity measures being implemented throughout Europe today. * Critical Sociology *Table of Contents1. IntroductionPart I. Analytical Framework2. Approaching Euro-Democracy and Its Alternatives3. Do Unions Have an Interest in Euro-Democratization?Part II. European Labor Wage-Bargaining Strategies4. Wage Policy and the European Monetary Union5. The Rise of National Competitive Corporatism6. European Wage-Bargaining Coordination Networks: Insights from the Manufacturing and the Construction Industry7. Beyond Competitive Corporatism?: Insights from Germany, France, and ItalyPart III. Responses by Labor to Transnational Company Mergers8. The European Regulation of Transnational Company Mergers9. A Euro-Democratization Union Strategy: The ABB Alstom Power Case10. A Euro-Technocratization Union Strategy: The Alcan-Pechiney-Algroup Case11. ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

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