Social theory at work
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Social theory at work
Oxford University Press, 2006
- : pbk
Available at 22 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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ISBN 9780199285976
Description
Work is fundamental to human society and modern organizations, and consequently has been central to the thinking of major social theorists and social science disciplines. This book offers a 'one-stop-shop' guide to classical and contemporary perspectvies of 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 theoretical school, reviews seminal contributions,and considers major criticisms 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.
The book makes a major contribution in a number of ways:
* Provides systematic coverage of major social and economic theories and the way they aid our understanding of work;
* Includes a section of chapters that consider, in an applied way, how social theories have helped the analysis of key substantive areas of work;
* Includes contributions from leading academics from both Europe and the USA;
* Each chapter can be read as free-standing summary of a particular school of theoretical approach;
* In addition, the introductory and concluding chapters examine themes cross-cutting the other chapters in the book.
It is an essential text for academics and advanced students concerned with the sociology of work, management, and organization studies.
Table of Contents
- THEORY OVERVIEW
- INTEGRATIVE CHAPTERS
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780199285983
Description
Work is fundamental to human society and modern organizations, and consequently has been central to the thinking of major social theorists and social science disciplines. This book offers a 'one-stop-shop' guide to classical and contemporary perspectvies of 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 theoretical school, reviews seminal contributions,and considers major criticisms 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.
The book makes a major contribution in a number of ways:
* Provides systematic coverage of major social and economic theories and the way they aid our understanding of work;
* Includes a section of chapters that consider, in an applied way, how social theories have helped the analysis of key substantive areas of work;
* Includes contributions from leading academics from both Europe and the USA;
* Each chapter can be read as free-standing summary of a particular school of theoretical approach;
* In addition, the introductory and concluding chapters examine themes cross-cutting the other chapters in the book.
It is an essential text for academics and advanced students concerned with the sociology of work, management, and organization studies.
Table of Contents
- THEORY OVERVIEW
- INTEGRATIVE CHAPTERS
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