Economic analysis of the emergence of capitalist production relations and the impact of capitalism on economic development in Africa South of Sahara - examines the economic implications of trade with developed countries during colonialism, particularly for land tenure, and the e…
In this study of labour and unemployment in the post-industrial world, the author argues that changes in the role of the work and labour process have weakened the power of skilled industrial workers. They are replaced by social movements, and by those who refuse to accept the wo…
Comprises nine essays on the impact of age, ethnic origin, social class, cultural and other experiential factors on the role of women as social agents in the late 19th and 20th century.
Monograph on the long term impact of technological change and mechanization on occupational structure and industrial management in the USA - asserts that capitalist development has been associated with alienation, changing working class structure, and a decline in craftsmanship.…
Focuses on the ways in which working-class youth graduating from vocational colleges in the province of Ulianovsk negotiates and experiences transition from school to work. Discusses changes in the vocational education system and the reproduction of social identities and inequal…
Monograph of essays on social theories of social stratification - covers social class formation, social structure, education and social mobility, the social status of women, interest group and political power structures, aspirations of the working class in affluent society, etc.…
Over a period of six years, at factory and warehouse, at the tavern across the road, in their homes and union meetings, on fishing trips and social outings, David Halle talked and listened to workers of an automated chemical plant in New Jersey's industrial heartland. He has eme…
In Britain the phrase 'child labour' is associated with the past or with less developed economies, but children in Britain continue to perform arduous labour. This book considers child labour over the last 200 years and more contemporary issues.
An exploration of changes in the political identity and economic strategies of Peru's working class in the 1970s and 80s. It uses a case study of Metal Empresa, a large factory in Lima, to trace the rise and fall of the labour movement through the successes and frustrations of i…
USA. Monograph on the nature of management control over the working class through capitalist work organization - illustrates with historical case studies, the failure to establish workers self management, and social implications of automatic control, monopoly, personnel manageme…
"In a world dominated by capitalist work (labour), working for a wage is the central unavoidable reality of modern social life, and yet, the category of labour remains underdeveloped in social sciences. While waged labour in all its forms, including unemployment and mass poverty…
A searing account of George Orwell's experiences of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire, The Road To Wigan Pier is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact.
Su autor reconstruye el cambio de la condición de la pobreza desde la revolución industrial y su "ética del trabajo" hasta la sociedad del consumo y "estética", y muestra en la situación actual todas las consecuencias de esta evolución. Además, analiza hasta qué punto son adecua…
Essays on the economic policy of work in the international capitalist economy - includes theoretical approaches to the politics of production and labour exploitation; covers colonialism in India, economic development in Guatemala, black migration in South Africa R, working class…
Workers in a lean world: unions in the international economy
by Moody, Kim
fromHaymarket series
In this study of world labour relations, Moody surveys both sides of the picket lines. His assessment takes a look at multinational managements' strategies to downsize, introduce flexible production & compel workers to work for less.
History, working class, proletarianization, labour market segmentation, USA, since 1820 - industrial growth, capital formation, capital worker ratio, production relations, working conditions, labour movement, strikes, discrimination, trade unionism, labour policy. Bibliography, …