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Social theory at work / edited by Marek Korczynski, Randy Hodson, Paul K. Edwards

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xiv,502σ. ; 24εκISBN:
  • 0199285985
  • 9780199285983
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.36 21 εκδ.
Other classification:
  • 13.03.4
Summary: Work is fundamental to human society and modern organizations, and consequently has been central to the thinking of major social theorists and social sience disciplines. This book offers a 'one-stop-shop' guide to classical and contemporary perspectives on work, written by leading international experts. Schools covered include: Weberian, Marxian, Durkheimian, feminist, neo-classical economics, institutional economics, ethics, Foucauldian, postmodernist, organizational sociology, and economic sociology. Each chapter traces the origins of the theoritical school, reviews seminal contributions, and considers major critisisms of the approach. In addition, the book features a section on key aspects of work - professions, technology, identity, and globalisation - to which these theories have been applied.
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Work is fundamental to human society and modern organizations, and consequently has been central to the thinking of major social theorists and social sience disciplines. This book offers a 'one-stop-shop' guide to classical and contemporary perspectives on work, written by leading international experts. Schools covered include: Weberian, Marxian, Durkheimian, feminist, neo-classical economics, institutional economics, ethics, Foucauldian, postmodernist, organizational sociology, and economic sociology. Each chapter traces the origins of the theoritical school, reviews seminal contributions, and considers major critisisms of the approach. In addition, the book features a section on key aspects of work - professions, technology, identity, and globalisation - to which these theories have been applied.

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