Sociology: work & labour books

This book provides a comprehensive overview of post-war labour market reconstructions, in the context of a regional...  Read More >>

With an increased ‘female’ workforce, the traditional cultural belief that a woman’s place is in the home has been...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1991, this title investigates the position of women in surveying education and practice,...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1984, this book touches the private lives and professional responsibilities of men and women,...  Read More >>

First published in 1980, the skills required in many occupations traditionally entered by women are either learnt...  Read More >>

First published in 1990,this title fills a gap in the history of women and work, it develops a theory of women’s...  Read More >>

First published in 1996, this title analyses the management skills of those with least resources, the women of the...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1982 and drawing on her involvement with PROS (Programme for Reform of the Law on Soliciting),...  Read More >>

First published in 1982, this title presents a coherent overall picture of women’s employment in contemporary British...  Read More >>

Many working women have to face a serious conflict between the demands of their work and the demands of family life....  Read More >>

Originally published in 1932, this title is an attempt to outline the economic position of women at the time, to...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1991, this volume represents the first systematic attempt to apply a pattern approach to...  Read More >>

Abolition Labor chronicles the national movement to end forced labor, much of it unpaid, in American prisons. It...  Read More >>

The book explains the givens of the knowledge industry within the ivory tower, colleges and universities. It then...  Read More >>

Receiving education and training that lead to a meaningful job, having a career, and being a valued contributor...  Read More >>

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This volume explores how practical wisdom can be conceptualised and applied to practices that respond to the life-worldly...  Read More >>

Building upon ample evidences about the role of non-technological aspects of Industry 4.0 implementation in organizations,...  Read More >>

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This book introduces the sociology of philosophy as a research field, asking what can be gained by looking at the...  Read More >>

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Das Praxishandbuch arbeitet die Kompetenzen für zukünftiges Arbeiten im Kontext der Digitalen Transformation heraus...  Read More >>

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

Exploring the power of routines in navigating our increasingly complex world, this volume argues that routines are...  Read More >>

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