Sociology: Work & Labour

Fair Work explores topics relating to work and labor at the intersection of ethics, social justice, and public policy. The volume brings together e...

Creative Justice examines issues of inequality and injustice in the cultural industries and cultural workplace. It first aims to do justice to the...

Based on over two years of participant-observation in labor brokerage firms, factories, schools, churches, and peoples homes in Japan and Brazil, S...

This book is based on an international, mixed methods research project that conducted interviews with 25 deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) faculty memb...

The relationship between unstable work careers and family transitions into adult life can vary according to the personal circumstances of individua...

Andrea Komlosy argues in this important intervention that, when we examine it closely, work changes its meanings according to different historical ...

In The Politics of Social Inclusion and Labor Representation, Heather Connolly, Stefania Marino, and Miguel Martínez Lucio compare trade union resp...

This book examines the model developed in the Nordic countries for handling labor market relations between employers and employees - a model that h...

Who were the women who fought back at Grunwick and Gate Gourmet? Striking Women gives a voice to the women involved as they discuss their lives, th...

Who were the women who fought back at Grunwick and Gate Gourmet? Striking Women gives a voice to the women involved as they discuss their lives, th...

Who were the women who fought back at Grunwick and Gate Gourmet? Striking Women gives a voice to the women involved as they discuss their lives, th...

Many businesses and organizations are increasingly aware of the case for promoting gender equality, both within and outside their organizational bo...

An in-depth look at Qatar's migrant workers and the place of skill in the language of control and powerSkillspecifically the distinction between th...

This second of two companion volumes places the labor markets, workplaces, jobs and workers of Europe in comparative perspective. It focuses on the...

An in-depth look at Qatar's migrant workers and the place of skill in the language of control and powerSkillspecifically the distinction between th...

Randy Hodson was one of contemporary sociology's central figures in the study of work, occupations, and inequality. This volume pays tribute to his...

Immigrants and their descendants are growing populations that are rapidly changing the racial/ethnic diversity of the United States and many societ...

This volume explores the issues of convergence and divergence in alternative agrifood movements through a theoretical and empirical engagement of t...

Research in the Sociology of Work (RSW) is a twice yearly publication that examines current issues related to the sociology of work. The series pro...

Building upon decades of research, this shortform book distils the rise of managements gurus. The author analyses the economic and political change...

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...

Trippy, incisive, riotously funny ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN [An] insightfully nightmarish parable ' HALLE BUTLER 'A stunner NANA KWAME ...

An excellent summary of why and how we work. People Management magazine What do we know about the current state of work and employment and what doe...