Sociology, Work, and Organisations A Global Context

Part 1: Introduction to Work in a Global Context 

1. Reimagining the Organisation of Work Post-Pandemic

Jane Parry

2. Chapter Introductions and How to Use This Book

Brian McDonough

Part 2: Inequalities, Intersectionality, and Discrimination at Work 

3. The Gender Pay Gap

Philippa Velija and Brian McDonough

4. Racial Discrimination at Work

Naveena Prakasam

5. Precarious and Gig Work in the Global Economy

Brian McDonough and Chloe Pearson

6. Age Discrimination in the Workplace

Anna Paraskevopoulou

7. Migrant Sex Work and Survival Sex

Dina de Sousa e Santos

Part 3: Organising People and Well-Being at Work 

8. Redistributing Power through the Democratisation of Organisations

Mark Green and Barry McNeill

9. Women Leaders in Male-Dominated Industries

Julia Hansch and Natalie Janning-Backfisch

10. Work-Life Balance

Mengyi Xu and Clare Kelliher

11. Well-being and Mental Health at Work

Maria Hudson

Part 4: Digitalised Work 

12. Digitised Work

Garfield Benjamin

13. Sex Work in the Digital Age

Helen M. Rand

14. Blogging and Online Work

Jane Parry and Brian J. Hracs

15. Unpaid Work

Rebecca Taylor

Part 5: Workforce Marginalisation 

16. Xenophobia and the Migrant Labour Force

Amy Duvenage

17. Inequalities of a Global Workforce: The Shipping Industry

Helen Devereux

18. Global Relations and Workers at the Border

María E. López

Part 6: The Future of Work 

19. Climate Change and Work

Melahat Sahin-Dikmen

20. Changing Work: Universal Basic Income

Brian McDonough and Jessie Bustillos Morales

21. Changing Places of Work

Alan Felstead and Helen Blakely

22. Conclusion: New Ways of Working

Jane Parry and Brian McDonough

Biography

Brian McDonough is Course Leader of Sociology at Solent University, UK. His research specialises in work and the body, human expertise, and the use of information and communication technologies in the workplace. He is author of Flying Aeroplanes and Other Sociological Tales: An Introduction to Sociology and Research Methods (Routledge, 2021), co-author of Universal Basic Income (Routledge, 2020), and co-author of Social Problems in the UK (Routledge, 2015). He has also published on commercial pilot expertise in journals such as Qualitative Research, using Heideggarian and Merleau-Pontian philosophy to understand the role of the working body, and how AI and other technologies impact workers in aviation settings.

Jane Parry is an Associate Professor of Work and Employment at the University of Southampton, UK. Her research looks at changes in employment, working practices, and disadvantage in labour markets. She is co-editor of A New Sociology of Work (2005) and has published in journals such as Work, Employment and Society, Gender, Work and Organization, and New Technology, Work and Employment. A former parliamentary academic fellow, she led the ESRC-funded Work After Lockdown project on organisational learning around pandemic-driven working from home, and has contributed to Radio 4’s Today programme, various BBC programmes, and written for The Guardian on debates on the future of work.

“This welcome text offers many insights into recent changes in work and employment. Its approach is global and local, using case studies to great effect to illustrate key arguments.  Its focus on developments that have so far received little attention will be invaluable for both students and specialists.”

Miriam Glucksmann, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Essex University, UK and Visiting Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

“An ambitious new collection, exploring core concepts in the sociology of work with a critical eye and lively, contemporary examples. Wide-reaching, thought-provoking, and accessible, with clear summaries and practice questions for students. This book will become core reading for all those interested in the changing world of work.”

Susan Halford, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures, University of Bristol, UK

“This book is essential reading for all those interested in the sociology of work. Taking an international perspective, it provides fascinating case studies from across the globe that offer new, rich insights on work and organisations in the 21st century.”

Diane Reay, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge, UK