Kevin Doogan offers an original and radical re-think of the state of the global labour market. He argues against the oversimplified idea that the precariousness of the Western labour market is a natural result of globalisation and technological change, subjecting the transformat…
This text focuses on the applied physiology of work in modern industry. After covering the biological background to work physiology and its relationship to work psychology and occupational medicine it goes on to explore the problems encountered in a.
"Reconstructing the literary and philosophical reaction to Adam Smith's dictum that man is a labouring animal above and before all else, this study explores the many ways in which Romantic writers presented idle contemplation as the central activity in human life. By contrasting…
"Reconstructing the literary and philosophical reaction to Adam Smith's dictum that man is a labouring animal above and before all else, this study explores the many ways in which Romantic writers presented idle contemplation as the central activity in human life. By contrasting…
"Reconstructing the literary and philosophical reaction to Adam Smith's dictum that man is a labouring animal above and before all else, this study explores the many ways in which Romantic writers presented idle contemplation as the central activity in human life. By contrasting…
"This book provides a deeply psychological view of working in America with the intention of transforming existing assumptions and policies about work. At its best, working can provide a powerful sense of aliveness and meaning in our lives; yet, working can also be the source of …
Kapitalismustheorie und Arbeit: Neue Ansätze soziologischer Kritik
by Boltanski, Luc, Sauer, Dieter, Wissel, Jens, Rosa, Hartmut, Lamla, Jörn, Strecker, David, Brinkmann, Ulrich, Dörre, Klaus, Hiß, Stefanie, Deutschmann, Christoph, Beyer, Jürgen, Schmalz, Stefan, Hürtgen, Stefanie, Celikates, Robin, Nachtwey, Oliver, Haubner, Tine, Menz, Wolfgang, Kollmorgen, Raj, Mayer-Ahuja, Nicole, Wittke, Volker, Aulenbacher, Brigitte, Boes, Andreas, Hoppadietz, Harald, Jürgens, Kerstin, Kädtler, Jürgen, Klinger, Cornelia, Mahnkopf, Birgit, Nies, Sarah, Schimank, Uwe, Urban, Hans-Jürgen, Voswinkel, Stephan, Wolf, Harald, Jaeggi, Rahel, Slaughter, Sheila, Bieling, Leo, Land, Rainer, Lessenich, Stephan, Silver, Beverly, Wittemann, Klaus Peter, Wright, Eric Olin
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This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making. Unpaid Work is increasi…
"Part of the Comparative Work and Employment Relations series, Putting Labour in its Place is an edited collection, containing cutting-edge research and theoretical innovation on global value chains, the nature of work and labour process theory. It addresses the different proces…
Die 'Aktivierung' von Arbeitslosen ist das vorrangige Ziel des deutschen Jobcenter-Systems. In einer ethnographischen Studie geht Bettina Grimmer dem Prozess der Arbeitsvermittlung auf den Grund und zeigt, dass die Gespräche zwischen den Vermittlern und ihren Klienten eine ersta…