Sociology: Work & Labour

Brilliant Jenni Murray Liberating, intoxicating Zoe Williams Why, after decades...

Brilliant Jenni Murray Liberating, intoxicating Zoe Williams Why, after decades...

China and India: the world's most populous countries whose rapidly developing economies are shaping global politics for the 21st century. Many stud...

One of the most dramatic images of the French Revolution is of Parisian market women sloshing through mud and dragging cannons as they marched on V...

A startling discoverythat job market success after college is largely randomforces a reappraisal of education, opportunity, and the American dream....

The seventh edition of Sociology, Work and Organisation is outstandingly effective in explaining how we can use the sociological imagination to und...

Relatively high wages and the opportunity to be part of an upscale, globalized work environment draw many in India to the call center industry. At ...

What does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless, yet is deeply divided by race? In the face of pervasive racial inequali...

What does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless, yet is deeply divided by race? In the face of pervasive racial inequali...

This is an open access book which focuses on different aspects of education, employment, and successful integration of migrants in three countries:...

With a foreword by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn 'A handbook for disruptors' - Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google We're living in a time o...

With a foreword by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn 'A handbook for disruptors' - Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google We're living in a time o...

With a foreword by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn 'A handbook for disruptors' - Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google We're living in a time o...

Across the social sciences, scholars are increasingly showing how people 'work' to construct organizational life, including the rules and routines ...

The Sociology of Work and Occupations, Second Edition connects work and occupations to the key subjects of sociological inquiry: social and technol...

This book explores the possible economic implications of large shifts in the supply of foreign-born, hired farm labour that could result from subst...

Labour market differences among the race and ethnicity groups are associated with many factors, not all of which are measurable. These factors incl...

An innovative view of how everyone doing part-time work and part-time caregiving would promote flourishing families, free time, equality, and the t...

The book argues that trade unionism must break into the new worlds of work by radically transforming contemporary trade union structures and cultur...

A sweeping history of and meditation on humanity's relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens nextFaith in technological ...

Financial Times Business Books of the MonthEconomist Best Books of 2023 With a foreword by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn'A handbook for disr...

A fresh look at the boom in entrepreneurship and start-ups and how its changing the world of work. Does it feel like everyone you know is thinkin...

Americans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to work hard, regardless of their social status, yet it ...

With dual-working households now the norm, Food, Families and Work is the first comprehensive study to explore how families negotiate everyday food...

This book presents new theories and international empirical evidence on the state of work and employment around the world. Changes in production sy...

From famously humble origins, Amazon has grown to become one of the most successful businesses in history. In its effort to provide its trademark f...

How does the insecurity of work affect us? We know what job insecurity does to workers at work, the depressive effect it has on morale, productivit...

The twenty-first century workplace compels Americans to be more flexible. To embrace change, work with unpredictable schedules, be available 24/7, ...