{"product_id":"people-at-work-9780814720035","title":"People at Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetails the complexities of the modern-day workplace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeVault's brilliant introduction transforms our understanding of work in contemporary North America. The collection as a whole, particularly the institutional ethnographies, expand and deepen her re-vision. A magnificent volume! -- Dorothy E. Smith,of Institutional Ethnography: A Sociology for People\u003cbr\u003eDeVault has successfully organized these very diverse papers into a coherent collection that examines the way the everyday experiences of people are shaped by wider systems . . . the book is eminently readable and it makes a valuable contribution to professional as well as scholarly literature. * Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments     \t\t\t\t\t Introduction    Marjorie L. DeVault  \t\t\t\t\t Ideologies of the Neoliberal Economy     \t\t\t\t\t \"Hell on My Face\"    \t\t\t\t\t Nancy Jackson and Bonnie Slade     \t\t\t\t\t Institutional Technologies       \t\t\t\t\t Alison I. Griffith and Lois Andre'-Bechely     \t\t\t\t\t The Promises and Realities of U.S. Microenterprise Development     \t\t\t\t\t Nancy C. Jurik     \t\t\t\t\t Work, Disability, and Social Inclusion       \t\t\t\t\t Rannveig Traustado'ttir     \t\t\t\t\t Mobile Bodies    \t\t\t\t\t Flexible Hiring, Immigration, and Indian IT Workers' Experiences of Contract Work in the United States     \t\t\t\t\t Payal Banerjee     \t\t\t\t\t Economic Restructuring and the Social Regulation of Citizenship in the Heartland     \t\t\t\t\t Nancy A. Naples    Part III The Fictional Worlds of \"Unencumbered Workers\"   7  Training for Low-Wage Work Brenda Solomon 8  Women's Lives, Welfare's Time Limits  Ellen K. Scott and Andrew S. London 9  Personal Responsibility in Professional Work Catherine Richards Solomon 10  \"Use What You Have, Be Thankful You Have It\" Katrina Arndt \t\t\t\t\t Part IV Fiscal Discipline   11  Exploring Problematics of the Personal-Responsibility Welfare State Frank Ridzi 12  The \"Textualized\" Student Yvette Daniel 13  (Dis)continuity of Care Marie Campbell Conclusion  Marjorie L. DeVault* \t\t\t\t\t\t\t References     Contributors      Index","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405859692887,"sku":"9780814720035","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814720035.jpg?v=1730493746","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/people-at-work-9780814720035","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}