1st Edition
Sociology and the Future of Work Contemporary Discourses and Debates
By Paul Ransome
Copyright 1999
297 Pages
by
Routledge
297 Pages
by
Routledge
297 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1999, this book adopts an explicitly forward-looking and dynamic approach in trying to understand not only where the sociology of work has come from but of where it is likely to go next. For the first time in a single volume, it reviews the continuing usefulness of the 'classical' accounts of Karl Marx, Max Webster and Emile Durkheim, the post-industrial accounts of the 1960s... Read more
1. The Narrative of Industrialism. 2. The Narrative of Post-Industrialism, Post-Fordism and Flexibility. 3. The New Technological Paradigm. 4. Feminist Perspectives and the Future of Work. 5. Work, Identity and the Production / Consumption Debate. 6. Economic Globalization and the Future of Work. 7. Work Futures.
Biography
Ransome, Paul
