The Nature of work sociological perspectives /

Other Authors: Erikson, Kai, 1931-, Vallas, Steven P. 1951-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1990]
Physical Description: viii, 378 pages ; 25 cm.
Series: American Sociological Association presidential series.
Subjects:
Item Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
On work and alienation / Kai Erikson -- Unresolved issues in the relationship between work and personality / Melvin L. Kohn -- Power lost and status gained : a step in the direction of sex equality / Rose Laub Coser -- The cultural perspective and the study of work / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein -- Work institutions and the sociology of everyday life / Arthur L. Stinchcombe -- Participation in the irregular economy / Louis A. Ferman -- Double lives / Stanton.
Wheeler -- Labors of love in theory and practice : a prospectus / Eliot Freidson -- Forced labor in concentration camps / Lewis A. Coser -- The split society / Seymour S. Bellin and S.M. Miller -- Brother, can you spare a job? : work and welfare in the United States / Theda Skocpol -- Racial tension, cultural conflicts, and problems of employment training programs / Elijah Anderson -- Work sharing : an underused policy for combating unemployment? / Fred J. Best --
Planning for work sharing : the promise and problems of egalitarian work time reduction / Herbert J. Gans --
The new work force meets the changing workplace / Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- The false choice between high technology and basic industry / Amitai Etzioni and Paul A. Jargowsky -- Organized labor and the welfare state / William Form -- Comments and observations on the nature of work / Steven Peter Vallas.
Physical Description: viii, 378 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0300045204