The nature of work : an introduction to debates on the labour process

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The nature of work : an introduction to debates on the labour process

Paul Thompson

Macmillan, 1989

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [278]-298

Includes index

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ISBN 9780333495032

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'...a refreshing and stimulating book...I recommend it as essential reading for all industrial sociology and industrial relations students and as a good introduction for sociologists from other specialisms.' - Stephen Wood, Sociology '...I can think of no other book which sets itself such important objectives, or which achieves them so successfully.' - Graeme Salaman, Sociological Review

Table of Contents

Introduction - The Sociological Study of Work - Marx and the Idea of the Labour Process - Braverman and the Rediscovery of the Labour Process - Deskilling: The Degradation of Labour? - Forms of Control and Resistance - Legitimation and Consent in Work - The Other Division of Labour - Towards a Core Theory - Guide to Labour Process Literature
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: pbk ISBN 9780333495049

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...a refreshing and stimulating book...I recommend it as essential reading for all industrial sociology and industrial relations students and as a good introduction for sociologists from other specialisms.' - Stephen Wood, Sociology '...I can think of no other book which sets itself such important objectives, or which achieves them so successfully.' - Graeme Salaman, Sociological Review

Table of Contents

Introduction.- The Sociological Study of Work.- Marx and the Idea of the Labour Process.- Braverman and the Rediscovery of the Labour Process.- Deskilling: The Degradation of Labour?.- Forms of Control and Resistance.- Legitimation and Consent in Work.- The Other Division of Labour.- Towards a Core Theory.- Guide to Labour Process.- Literature

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