Sociology of Work & Industry Books

New and Published Books

1. International Perspectives on Veteran Teachers

   Edited by Miriam Ben-Peretz, Gary McCulloch

   What is a veteran teacher, and how do veteran teachers contribute to schools and education? This international volume contributes to our understanding of veteran teachers with new conceptual studies and empirical research from different countries around the world. It is explores what we mean by a ‘...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
2. Prospects for the Professions in China

   Edited by William P Alford, William Kirby, Kenneth Winston

   Series: Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia

   Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly make their presence felt in governance and civil society. At the same time, however, professionals in the West are under increasing pressure from commercialism or scepticism about their ability to rise above self-interest. This book...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. Black Youth in Crisis (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by E. Cashmore, B. Troyna

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1982, this book considers the position of young Afro-Caribbean people in Britain, in the 1980s. It looks at how, at the time, this group of young people were disproportionately hit by growing unemployment, seemed to be over-represented in crime statistics and were often...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
4. Science Industry and Society

   Studies in the Sociology of Science

   By Stephen and Steven Cotgrove & Box

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

   Originally published in 1970. Two major changes have characterised science in the twentieth century. Firstly, there has been its rapid growth. Secondly, and central to the theme his book – science is no longer mainly an academic activity carried on in universities. Industry will soon be the largest...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
5. Labour Market Economics (Routledge Revivals)

   By D Sapsford

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1981, Labour Market Economics develops the basic economic theory of introductory courses within the context of labour market analysis and applies it both to particular features and special problems of the subject. The author begins by outlining the nature of the area and the...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. No Place Like Home

   Organizing Home-Based Labor in the Era of Structural Adjustment

   By David Staples

   Series: New Approaches in Sociology

   No Place Like Home examines the emergence of home-based women workers as paradigmatic figures of contemporary capitalism, neoliberal governmentality, and socio-political contestation. Far from an isolated or contingent situation, home-based work constitutes today an enormous arena of 'invisible'...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
7. The Sociology of the Workplace (RLE: Organizations)

   Edited by Malcolm Warner

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Organizations

   This volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach. The study of the workplace is approached from the standpoint of industrial sociology, industrial relations, industrial anthropology and other related disciplines. It includes contributions from economists and psychologists as well as from...

   Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge
8. The Sociology of Work (RLE: Organizations)

   A Critical Annotated Bibliography

   By Parvin Ghorayshi

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Organizations

   This reference volume reflects the changing world of work. It includes research on the various dimensions of work, such as the structure of the labour force, labour market segmentation, technology, employment/unemployment, trade unions, and industrial democracy. This book provides an integrated...

   Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge
9. A Sociology of Organisations (RLE: Organizations)

   By J. Eldridge, A. Crombie

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Organizations

   An understanding of the nature and forms of organisation, particularly with reference to industrial societies, is a key area in sociological analysis. This book discusses and explains what concepts to employ and what analytical procedures to adopt as well as conveying a sense of the theoretical and...

   Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge
10. Organization, Class and Control (RLE: Organizations)

    By Stewart Clegg, David Dunkerley

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Organizations

    In this volume the authors develop a systematic and chronologically based critique of the major concepts, figures and schools in organization. Themes discussed include: the development of scientific management and the responses of Gramsci and Lenin to it the meaning of Mayo and the Human...

    Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge