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Book SynopsisThis book provides a lively and accessible introduction to key new areas in the contemporary study of work. While traditional accounts of work have tended to focus upon male manual workers in factories, recent developments have shifted the notions of what counts as work, what work is, and where it takes place. This topical book takes up these developments, broadening our understanding of work.
Complementing the second edition of Grint''s successful Sociology of Work textbook, this book is divided into five parts, each of which explores recent developments in the theory and practice of work. The wide range of substantive areas covered includes domestic work, globalization, gender, resistance, child labour and labour relations. The theoretical approaches incorporate theories of technology, time, identity, change and discipline. The authors include some of the leading international writers in their fields today, such as Stephen Barley, John Hassard, Bruno Latour and Judy Wajcma
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'The wide-ranging scope of this book provides something fresh for the most jaded specialist and encourages newcomers to the field to discard their comforting prejudices.' Ray Pahl, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
'Any teacher who wants students to have a stimulating, original and thought provoking introduction to the sociology of work should ensure that this collection is in their hands.' -- Colin Crouch, Professor of Sociology, European University Institute, Florence
'Work is sure to remain central to our lives yet the future of work has been subject to so much spin that it seems to have got out of control. Keith Grint recognizes the dangers and steers a judicious course between apocalyptic visions and plodding his selection for the Reader. The wide-ranging scope of this book provides something fresh for the most jaded specialist and encourages newcomers to the field to discard their comforting prejudice.' -- Ray Pahl, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi
Editor’s Note xiii
Abbreviations xiv
Editor’s Introduction 1
Figures vii
Tables viii
Part I Beyond the Conventions of Work
Introduction 7
1 Time 14
Images of Time in Work and Organization
John Hassard
2 Technology 41
Technology is Society made Durable
Bruno Latour
3 Age
Child Labour: an Economic Perspective
Christiaan Grootaert and Ravi Kanbur
Part II Outside the Factory Gate
Introduction 73
4 The Customer 76
The Cult(ure) of the Customer
Paul du Gay and Graeme Salaman
5 Domestic Work 94
The Superwoman Syndrome: Gender Differences in Attitudes towards Equal Opportunities at Work and towards Domestic Responsibilities at Home
Sue Newell
Part II Constraints and Consensus at Work
Introduction 111
6 Culture 117
The Invention of Corporate Culture: A history of the Histories of Cadbury
Michael Rowlinson and John Hassard
7 Discipline 142
Disciplinary Power in the modern Corporation
Stanley Deetz
8 Resistance 163
Strategies of Resistance: Power, Knowledge and Subjectivity in the Workplace
David Collinson
Part IV After Class
Introduction 199
9 Race and Ethnicity 204
Employment
Tariq Modood
10 Gender 254
It’s Hard to be Soft: Is Management Style Gendered?
Judy Wajcman
Part V The Future of Work
Introduction 277
11 Globalization 280
Variety of Pattern of the Post-Fordist Economy: Why are the ‘Old Times’ still with us and the ‘New Times’ yet to come?
Fiorenza Belussi and Francesco Garibaldo
12 Change 280
Design and Devotion: Surges of Rational and Normative Ideologies of Control in Managerial Discourse Stephen R. Barley and Gideon Kunda
Editor’s Bibliography 343
Index 345
