Labour process theory is consolidated in Working Life to develop a credible account of the relationships between capitalist political economy, work systemsand the strategies and practices of actors in the employment relationship. Beyond this, the book explores the future of labour process analysis. INDICE: - PART I: THE CORE THEORY - Debating Labour Process Theory and theSociology of Work - Developing Labour Process Analysis: Themes from Industrial Sociology and Future Directions - Labour Process Theory and Critical Realism- The Core Theory: Critiques, Defences and Advances - PART II: CLASSIC THEMESREVISITED - Skill and the Labour Process: The Conditions and Consequences of Change - Normative Control and Beyond in Contemporary Capitalism - The Repertoire of Employee Opposition - Renewing and Revising the Engagement between Labour Process Theory and Technology - Gender, Labour Process Theory and Intersectionality: Une Liason Dangereuse? - PART III: NEW CONCEPTS, NEW REALITIES - OldAmbiguities and New Developments: Exploring the Emotional Labour Process - Embodying Labour - The Globalization of Service Work: Analysing the Transnational Call Centre Value Chain - Go with the Flow: Labour Power Mobility and LabourProcess Theory - Making Space for Geography in Labour Process Theory - Beyondthe Blank Slate: Identities and Interests at Work
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22223-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha Publicación: 24/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés