The Sociology of Work

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THE SOCIOLOGY OF WORK: STRUCTURES AND INEQUALITIES Steven P. Vallas, William Finlay, and Amy S. Wharton Part I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. The Sociology of Work: An Invitation The Primacy of Production Thesis The Sociology of Work: Core Principles Conclusion Chapter 2. Theoretical Traditions in the Sociology of Work Classical Perspectives on Work and Society Contemporary Perspectives on Work and Society Perspectives toward Work: Present Realities and Future Perspectives Chapter 3. Studying Workers and Work: Research Methods in the Field Methods for Studying Work and Workers Official Statistics Surveys and Interviews Ethnographies Experiments Summary and Conclusions Part II: THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WORK Chapter 4. The Industrial Revolution and Beyond: Culture, Work, and Social Change Understanding the Industrial Revolution The Meaning of Work in Pre-Industrial Societies The Rise of the Factory System: Luddism Revisited Gender, Family, and the Factory System: Emergence of the Male Breadwinner Norm Conclusion Chapter 5. The Second Industrial Revolution: Mass Production and Labor Management The Rise of Mass Production Frederick Winslow Taylor and Scientific Management Henry Ford and the Assembly Line How Workers Responded to Mass Production The Invention of Personnel Management The Hawthorne Research: The Discovery of the Work Group Summary Part III: OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURES Chapter 6. Production Workers and the Hidden World of Work The Skills of Blue-Collar Workers How Work Gets Done: Informal Work Practices Good Citizenship in the Workplace Summary Chapter 7. Managers: Careers at Work The Managerial Occupation What Do Managers Do? Managers¿ Careers Gender and Racial Differences in Access to Power and Authority The Future of Management Summary Chapter 8. The Professions: Power and Status in the Workplace The Characteristics of the Professions Controlling Professional Work: The Professional Ethic Professional Careers Summary Chapter 9. Service Jobs: Close Encounters with Customers Defining Service Service Industries and Service Occupations Characteristics of Service Jobs Control, Routinization, and Technology in Service Work Doing Deference: Personal Service Work Conclusion: Beyond the Service Economy Part IV: INEQUALITIES Chapter 10: Unions in America: The Struggles of the Labor Movement The Glory Years of Industrial Unionism: 1933-1945 The Decline of Unions After World War II The Costs of Union Decline The Future of Unions Summary Chapter 11. Gender and Work The Rise in Women¿s Labor Force Participation The Sex Segregation of Jobs and Occupations Maintaining Barriers between ¿Men¿s¿ and ¿Women¿s¿ Jobs The Gender Pay Gap and the Worth of Jobs The Future of Gender Inequality at Work Conclusion Chapter 12. Managing Diversity: Racial and Ethnic Divisions at Work Race, Ethnicity, and the Sociology of Worki Government Efforts to Uproot Racial and Ethnic Disparities Corporate Change and the Management of Diversity Conclusion Chapter 13: Immigrant Workers: Marginal Work, Networks, and Entrepreneurship Migration of the Poor: Mexicans, Central Americans, and Filipinos Immigrant Hiring: Networks and Gateways Immigrants and Entrepreneurship Summary Part V: THE FUTURE OF WORK: KEY ISSUES AND SOCIAL CHOICES Chapter 14: Work and Family The Rise of Domesticity Work Time, Family Time, and Work-Family Conflict Cross-National Differences in Work and Family The Growth of Non-Standard Employment Contracts and the 24/7 Economy Conclusion Chapter 15: The New American Workplace Trends in Occupational Growth: Some Evidence The Changing Employment Relationship The Participatory Management Movement: Lean Prodection, Teams, and New Technology Conclusion Chapter 16. Globalization and the American Workplace Dimensions of Globalization The Meaning of Globalization for the American Worker Studying Global Commodity Chains Conclusions: Shaping Globalization.

Genre: Business & Economics / Labor / General (fancy, right?)