Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-380) and index.

List of Tables. List of Figures. Preface. Introduction. Part I: What is Work? Introduction. Problems of Definition. Working Beyond the Contemporary West. Historical Rhetorics of Work: Views from Above and Below. Radical Approaches to Work. Contemporary Western Orientations to Work. Domestic Labour. Unemployment. Summary. Exam/Essay Questions. Further Reading. Part II: Work in Historical Perspective:Introduction. Pre-Industrial Work. The Transitions from Feudalism to Proto-Industrialization. Factories and Technological Change. Occupational Change. Work, the Family and Gender. The Rise of Trade Unionism. State Intervention and the Factory Acts. The State and the Development of Clerical Labour. Women, Work and War. Summary. Exam/Essay Questions. Further Reading. Part III: Classical Approaches to Work: Marx, Weber and Durkheim:Introduction. Marx and Capitalism. Durkheim and Industrial Society. Weber. Summary. Exam/Essay Questions. Part IV: Contemporary Theories of Work Organization:Introduction. Coercion. Paternalism. Lenin. Human Relations. Neo-Human Relations. Organizational Cultures. Critical Theories. Systems Theories. Contingency Theory. Action Theory. Population Ecology Theory. Political Organizational Theories. Foucault and Post-Modernism. Actor Networks. Institutional Theory. Summary. Exam/Essay Questions. Further Reading. Part V: Class, Industrial Conflict and the Labour Process:Introduction. Theoretical Approaches to Class. Class, Wealth and Income. Class, Occupation and Inequality. Class, Trade Unions and Revolution. British Trade Unions and Labourism. Class and Industrial Action. Accounting for Industrial Action. Marx, Taylorism and the Capitalist Labour Process. Braverman and the Labour Process. Summary. Exam/Essay Questions. Further Reading. Part VI: Gender, Patriarchy and Trade Unions:Introduction. Theoretical Perspectives on Women and Work. Women and Paid Labour: The Contemporary Evidence. Labour Marketing Restructuring and Profes.

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