Working life : renewing labour process analysis
/ edited by Paul Thompson and Chris Smith
- xv, 350 pages
- Critical perspectives on work and employment .
Includes bibliographical reference and indexes.
Introduction : labour process theory in retrospect and prospect Part I. The core theory Debating labour process theory and the sociology of work Developing labour process analysis : themes from industrial sociology and future directions Labour process theory and critical realism The core theory : critiques, defences and advances Part II. Classic themes revisited Skill and the labour process : the conditions and consequences of change Normative control and beyond in contemporary capitalism The repertoire of employee opposition Renewing and revising the engagement between labour process theory and technology Gender, labour process theory and intersectionality : une liaison dangereuse? Old ambiguities and new developments : exploring the emotional labour process Embodying labour The globalization of service work : anaylsing the transnational call centre value chain Go with the flow : labour power mobility and labour process theory Making space for geography in labour process theory Beyond the blank slate : identities and interests at work