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Sociology of work / Keith Grint.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Polity, 2005.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 400 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780745632490 (hbk.) :
  • 9780745632506 (pbk.) :
  • 0745632505 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.36 GRI
LOC classification:
  • HD6953
Contents:
1.What is work? -- 2.Work in historical perspective -- 3.Classical approaches to work: Marx, Weber and Durkheim -- 4.Contemporary theories of work organization -- 5.Class, industrial conflict and the labour process -- 6.Gender, patriarchy and trade unions -- 7.Race, ethnicity and labour markets; recruitment and the politics of exclusion -- 8.Working technology -- 9.Present work: the age of employment -- 10.Future work: globalization and the age of enthralment?
Summary: Chapter-by-chapter, Keith Grint examines different sociological approaches to work, emphasising the links between social processes, the institutions of employment, and their social and domestic contexts.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 306.36 GRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 219256

Previous ed.: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.What is work? -- 2.Work in historical perspective -- 3.Classical approaches to work: Marx, Weber and Durkheim -- 4.Contemporary theories of work organization -- 5.Class, industrial conflict and the labour process -- 6.Gender, patriarchy and trade unions -- 7.Race, ethnicity and labour markets; recruitment and the politics of exclusion -- 8.Working technology -- 9.Present work: the age of employment -- 10.Future work: globalization and the age of enthralment?

Chapter-by-chapter, Keith Grint examines different sociological approaches to work, emphasising the links between social processes, the institutions of employment, and their social and domestic contexts.

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