Sociology: work & labour books

This book explores how the partnerships between big businesses and civil society organizations are influencing the...  Read More >>

Focuses on the lives and labour of the men and women who work in Nairobi's publicly operated, privately owned minibus...  Read More >>

This book injects a fresh burst of energy into the sociology of work, offering an invigorating perspective that's...  Read More >>

In response to a congressional mandate, a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine...  Read More >>

This book injects a fresh burst of energy into the sociology of work, offering an invigorating perspective that's...  Read More >>

This book provides a critical, ethnographically grounded examination of the hype surrounding the idea of impact...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1989, and now reissued with a new preface by the editor, this interdisciplinary study brings...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1982 and now reissued with a new Preface by Stephen Wood the contributors of this book discuss...  Read More >>

First Published in 1943, American Labour presents a comprehensive story of the American trade union movement. With...  Read More >>

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This book captures the hidden labour of migrant nightworkers in 24/7 London.  Read More >>

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Drawing on interview and survey data, this book provides a systematic look at the lobbyists active in influencing...  Read More >>

Advancing a class-centred approach, this book provides an account of the evolution of social security and employment...  Read More >>

The Body Productive represents a new and radical approach to the relationships between capitalism, work and the...  Read More >>

This book recaptures the buried history of the household science movement, including domestic science teaching,...  Read More >>

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In this context, it particularly assesses the problems of further modernization of Chinese society, and the directions...  Read More >>

The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy tells the inspiring, never-before-told, story of the Global Women’s Funding...  Read More >>

Call center employees once blended skill and emotional intelligence to solve customer problems while the workplace...  Read More >>

First published in 1982, this volume of essays identifies a number of key issues in the pattern of state response...  Read More >>

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