Major economic, technological and demographic forces are combining to influence the ways in which the very structures of people's lives are changed by the work they do. The major defining features of life course, including patterns of entry to and exit from work, are shifting, a…
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Pierre Bourdieu, the French sociologist, philosopher, and anthropologist, has been widely studied and analyzed in academic circles, particularly in sociology, where his ideas about power relations in social life helped to define the contemporary field. While many other sociologi…
"From Rashomon (1950) to Ran (1985), Kurosawa set new boundaries for world cinema. His career spanned on of Japan's most dramatic centuries and produced a string of masterpieces ... In the first major documentary to be made since his death in 1998, Kurosawa's family and colleagu…
The cultural study of work
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A reader for a sociology course, reprinting 23 articles from professional journals. They cover work as social interaction, socialization and identity, experiencing work, work cultures and social structure, and deviance at work.
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition, by David Shulman -- Foreword, by George H. Hildebrand -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Managers on Paper -- 3 Power Struggles in the Line -- 4 Relations Between Staff and Line -…
