Two broad developments reshaped work at the end of the twentieth century. The first was the implosion of the Soviet Union and the worldwide triumph of market capitalism. The second was the increasing use of computer-based production technologies and management command-and-control systems. How do we make sense of these important developments? The editors have assembled a collection of provocative, original essays on work and workplaces throughout the world that challenge the current celebration of globalization and new technologies. Building on labor process analysis, individual case studies venture beyond factory and office to examine 'virtual' workplaces, computer-era cottage work, and emotional and household labor.The settings range from Indian and Irish software factories to Brazilian supermarkets, Los Angeles sweatshops, and Taiwanese department stores. Other essays seek to make theoretical sense of increasingly de-centered production chains, fluid work relations, and uncertain employment. Individually and collectively the authors construct a new critical study of work, highlighting the connections between geography, technology, gender, race, and class. They offer an accessible and flexible approach to the study of workplace relations and production organization and even the notion of work itself. Author note: Rick Baldoz is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaii. Charles Koeber is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wichita State University. Philip Kraft is Associate Professor of Sociology at SUNY Binghamton.
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This compilation of essays, "inspired by" a 1998 conference called "Work, Difference, and Social Change: Two Decades after Braverman's Labor Supply and Monopoly Capital" that was organized by Baldoz (sociology, Univ. of Hawaii), Charles Koeber (sociology, Wichita State Univ.), and Philip Kraft (sociology, SUNY at Binghamton), takes on the reality of globalization in the workplace. The book is divided into four partsD"The Global Perspective: Continuity and Change," "Service and Service Sector Workers," "Production and Industrial Workers," and "Professional and Technical Workers"Dwith two or more essays in each part. Geographically wide-ranging and always interesting, the essays compare favorably with those found in other recent publications on these topics, including Arthur B. Shostak's CyberUnion (Sharpe, 1999), Paul J.J. Welfens's Globalization of the Economy, Unemployment and Innovation (Springer, 1999), and J.W. Smith's Economic Democracy (Sharpe, 2000). Like these other titles, this volume's level of discussion makes it appropriate for academic and special collections.DEllen D. Gilbert, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ
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Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"This volume presents innovative, comparative case studies of work and the politics of labor around the world. Moving the field of labor process studies onto new conceptual terrain, The Critical Study of Work should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand globalization and how it shapes and connects work experiences in offices, retail establishments, homes, and factories." --Vicki Smith, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis, and author of Crossing the Great Divide: Worker Risk and Opportunity in the New Economy "[A]n important contribution to the literature on labor, labor relations, labor process, labor value, globalization and technology and work." --Anthropology of Work Review
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I am using this book in my course on sociology of work with great success. The students really like the case studies and can relate to the work sites covered in this volume. Unlike most labor process research which focuses on factory labor-- this book looks at service and retail sites-- taking gender and race into consideration. Great for classes on work or globalization.
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This volume presents innovative, comparative case studies of work and the politics of labor around the world. Moving the field of labor process studies onto new conceptual terrain, "The Critical Study of Work" should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand globalization and how it shapes and connects work experiences in offices, retial establishments, homes, and factories. Prof. Vicki Smith -- UC-Davis
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