Work and Society is an important new text about the sociology of work and employment. It provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, business and politics, with a firm and enjoyable foundation to this fascinating area of sociology, giving comprehensive coverage of traditional areas of the sub-discipline as well as new trends and developments. The book is divided into three complementary and interconnected sections – investigating work, work and social change and understanding work. These sections allow readers to explore themes, issues and approaches by examining how sociologists have thought about, and researched work and how the sub-discipline has been influenced by wider society itself. Novel features include separate chapters on researching work, domestic work, unemployment and work, and the representation of work in literary and visual media.
Author(s): Tim Strangleman
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 360
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 7
TEXT BOXES......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
CHAPTER 1: Introduction......Page 12
Part I: Investigating Work......Page 20
CHAPTER 2: Theory and Work......Page 22
CHAPTER 3: Researching Work......Page 50
CHAPTER 4: Representations of Work......Page 83
Part II: Work and Social Change......Page 110
CHAPTER 5: Work and Industrial Society......Page 112
CHAPTER 6: Work and Post-industrial Society......Page 135
Part III: Understanding Work......Page 162
CHAPTER 7: Divisions and Work......Page 164
CHAPTER 8: Control and Resistance at Work......Page 193
CHAPTER 9: Time and Work......Page 216
CHAPTER 10: Domestic Work......Page 239
CHAPTER 11: Unemployment and Work......Page 261
CHAPTER 12: Culture, Emotion and Identity at Work......Page 285
CHAPTER 13: Conclusion......Page 309
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 312
INDEX......Page 345
