The critical study of work : labor, technology, and global production / edited by Rick Baldoz, Charles Koeber, and Philip Kraft.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baldoz, Rick, 1969-

Koeber, Charles, 1967-

Kraft, Philip, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--History--20th century.

Working class.

Work environment--History--20th century.

Work environment.

Technological innovations--History--20th century.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Making Sense of Work in the Twenty-First Century; Part I: Continuity and Change; 1. Dwelling in Capitalism, Traveling Through Socialism; 2. Do Capitalists Matter in the Capitalist Labor Process? Collective Capacities, Group Interests, and Management Prerogatives, c. 1886-1904; Part II: Service and Service Sector Workers; 3. Gender, Race, and the Organization of Reproductive Labor; 4. The Body as a Contested Terrain for Labor Control: Cosmetics Retailers in Department Stores and Direct Selling

5. Silent Rebellions in the Capitalist Paradise: A Brazil-Quebec Comparison Part III: Production and Industrial Workers; 6. Flexible Despotism: The Intensification of Insecurity and Uncertainty in the Lives of Silicon Valley's High-Tech Assembly Workers; 7. The Challenge of Organizing in a Globalized/Flexible Industry: The Case of the Apparel Industry in Los Angeles; 8. Transcending Taylorism and Fordism? Three Decades of Work Restructuring; 9. Manufacturing Compromise: The Dynamics of Race and Class Among South African Shop Stewards in the 1990's; Part IV: Professional and Technical Workers

10. ""Globalization"": The Next Tactic in the Fifty Year Struggle of Labor and Capital in Software Production 11. Controlling Technical Workers in Alternative Work Arrangements: Rethinking the Work Contract; 12. Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781282047662

1282047663

9781592138098

1592138098

OCLC:

320624020