Nature of Work - An Introduction to Debates on the Labour Process

Informationen zum Autor Paul Thompson Klappentext ...a refreshing and stimulating book...I recommend it as essential reading for all industrial sociology and industrial relations students and as a good introduction for sociologists from other specialisms.' - Stephen Wood! Sociology '...I can think of no other book which sets itself such important objectives! or which achieves them so successfully.' - Graeme Salaman! Sociological Review Zusammenfassung This analysis of the labour process compares Marxist and traditional sociological theories with the more recent writings on the nature of work following Braverman's "Labor and Monopoly Capital" in 1974! including the innovative work from France and Italy! and concludes with a core theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction.- The Sociological Study of Work.- Marx and the Idea of the Labour Process.- Braverman and the Rediscovery of the Labour Process.- Deskilling: The Degradation of Labour?.- Forms of Control and Resistance.- Legitimation and Consent in Work.- The Other Division of Labour.- Towards a Core Theory.- Guide to Labour Process.- Literature

Product details

• Authors: Paul Thompson, Paul B. Thompson, Paul Thopmspn
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.1989
• EAN: 9780333495049
• ISBN: 978-0-333-49504-9
• No. of pages: 310
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Miscellaneous