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4. Working in the Twenty-First Century: Policies for Economic Growth Through Training, Opportunity, and Education
by David I Levine, Daniel J B Mitchell (Foreword by)
"More and better jobs" is the underlying theme of this insightful new book. David Levine analyzes the current labor market in the U.S. and concludes ... More
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7. Still a Man's World: Men Who Do Women's Work
by Christine L Williams
Men who do "women's work" have consistently been the butt of jokes, derided for their lack of drive and masculinity. In this eye-opening study, ... More
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9. The Sociology of Work: Continuity and Change in Paid and Unpaid Work
by Stephen Edgell
Steve Edgell has written an up-to-date, comprehensive guide to the sociology of every type of work: paid and unpaid, standard and non-standard, under ... More
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10. The Changing Nature of Work
by Ann Howard, Ann Howard (Editor)
The Changing Nature of Work envisions the future nature of work, its effect on workers and organizations, and the expanded knowledge that will be ... More
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12. Gender and the South China Miracle: Two Worlds of Factory Women
by Ching Kwan Lee
Both Yuk-ling, a busy Hong Kong mother of two, and Chi-ying, a young single woman from a remote village in northern China, work in electronics ... More
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13. The Anatomy of Work: Labor, Leisure, and the Implications of Automation
by Georges Friedmann
The consequences of narrow work specialization are critical not only for workers and employers but for civilization as a whole. In "The Anatomy of ... More
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14. Class Acts: An Anthropology of Service Workers and Their Union
by E Paul Durrenberger, Suzan Erem
U.S. labor leaders are constantly developing new programs to revive the union movement. What happens when these plans collide with the daily lives of ... More
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15. Work's Intimacy
by Melissa Gregg
This book provides a long-overdue account of online technology and its impact on the work and lifestyles of professional employees. It moves between ... More
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18. The Changing Nature of Work
by Ann Howard, Ann Howard (Editor)
The Changing Nature of Work envisions the future nature of work, its effect on workers and organizations, and the expanded knowledge that will be ... More
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20. Restoring the American Dream: A Working Families' Agenda for America
by Professor Thomas A Kochan
How to give working families the tools and opportunities to prosper in the new economy: a call to action for families, business, labor, and ... More
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21. Fighting Words: Working-Class Formation, Collective Action, and Discourse in Early Nineteenth-Century England
by Marc W Steinberg (Preface by)
A key component of social life, discourse mediates the processes of class formation and social conflict. Drawing on dialogic theory and building on ... More
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22. Coxey's Army: An American Odyssey
by Carlos A Schwantes
"Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press" On May 1, 1894, a tattered and hungry army of unemployed people ... More
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25. Global Trends 2005: An Owner's Manual for the Next Decade
by Dr. Michael J Mazarr
As social theorist Drucker pointed out, every few hundred years a sharp transformation occurs during which society rearranges itself in a variety of ... More
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