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Author:   Amy Wharton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   5th edition
Weight:   0.585kg
ISBN:  

9781032058696

ISBN 10:   1032058692
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   30 December 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Part I: Conceptual Foundations 1. Alienated Labour Karl Marx 2. Bureaucracy Max Weber 3. Fundamentals of Scientific Management Frederick Winslow Taylor 4. The Division of Labor Harry Braverman 5. The Managed Heart Arlie Hochschild Part II: The New Workplace 6. The Rise of the Temp Economy in America Erin Hatton 7. Beyond Carrots and Sticks: How Outsourcing Companies Manufacture Effort via ""Permanent Pedagogy"" Jeffrey J. Sallaz 8. Work and Identity: How Precarious Workers Respond to ‘Personal Branding’ Discourse Steven P. Vallas and Angèle Christin 9. Precarious Futures: How White-Collar Workers Experience Unemployment Benjamin H. Snyder 10. Being Nowhere in the World: Indian Call Center Operators and the Transnational Service Economy Kiran Mirchandani Part III: On The Job 11. Algorithmic Control in Platform Food Delivery Work Kathleen Griesbach, Adam Reich, Luke Elliott-Negri, and Ruth Milkman 12. Cool Clothes and Fun Times? Consumer Identity in Retail Clothing Work Kyla Walters and Joya Misra 13. ‘I Can Never Be Too Comfortable’: Race, Gender, and Emotion at the Hospital Bedside Marci D. Cottingham, Austin H. Johnson, and Rebecca J. Erickson 14. Creative Freelancers: Occupational Community and Crowdsourced Work David Schwartz 15. The Portfolio Ideal Worker: Insecurity and Inequality in the New Economy Megan Tobias Neely Part IV: The Changed Landscape Of Opportunity 16. Mock Schedules and the Meaning of ‘Flexible Employment’ for Undocumented Workers Brian W. Halpin 17. Working for Redemption: Incarcerated Black Women and Punishment in the Labor Market Susila Gurusami 18. Moral Storytelling: Employers’ Use of Credit Reports in Hiring Decisions Barbara Kiviat 19. How Does a Silicon Valley Company Approach Gender Equality Change? Alison T. Wynn 20. How Much is Too Much? The High Pay of CEOs Esra Burak Part V: Work And Family 21. How Do Mothers Make Sense of Work-Family Conflict? A Cross-National Interview Study Caitlyn Collins 22. Signaling Parenthood: Managing the Motherhood Penalty and Fatherhood Premium in the U.S. Service Sector Sigrid Luhr 23. Returning to Work After a Job Loss: How Class and Gender Shape Workers’ Decisions Sarah Damaske 24. The Gendered Pandemic: The Implications of COVID‐19 for Work and Family Jill E. Yavorsky, Yue Qian, and Amanda C. Sargent"

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To my knowledge, there are no books that offer a wide and diverse set of readings on work experience in America. Stephen Sweet, Ithaca College Working in America has been the backbone of my work courses since its publication. The articles and excerpts in this reader help my students understand work as a site where the inequalities of gender, race, class, and sexual orientation are recreated and perpetuated. Kevin D. Henson, Loyola University Chicago The book offers a variety of materials that allow me the flexibility to offer a broad scope and challenging class. William T. Clute, University of Nebraska at Omaha

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Amy S. Wharton is Professor Emerita of Sociology at Washington State University, USA.

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