Market, Class, and Employment

Patrick McGovern, Stephen Hill, Colin Mills, Michael White0199213372, 9780199213375, 9781435613942, 0199213380, 9780199213382

Книга Market, Class, and Employment Market, Class, and EmploymentКниги Экономика Автор: Patrick McGovern, Stephen Hill, Colin Mills, Michael White Год издания: 2008 Формат: pdf Издат.:Oxford University Press Страниц: 256 Размер: 1,1 ISBN: 0199213372 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:Much of the received wisdom about the world of work emphasizes the marketization of the employment relationship; the decline of class-based forms of inequality, and the individualization of employment relations. Non-standard forms of employment, the delayering of organizational hierarchies, and the use of individual performance-based payment systems are all held up as examples of a new neo-liberal order in which employers and employees no longer feel a sense of obligation to each other. Drawing on a range of employee and employer surveys, including the authors own Working in Britain 2000 survey, this ambitious study presents a comprehensive examination of the conditions, attitudes, and experiences of British employees from the mid-1980s to the early years of this century. The authors’ analyses provides a compelling critique of the received wisdom, while also providing an original, alternative account of recent developments in work and labour markets. Along the way, the book covers such topical issues as the changing nature of trade union membership, the consequences of Britain’s ‘long hours’ culture’, and the apparent inability of women to ask for pay rises. Significantly, the authors seek to reposition debates about the future of work by restoring the concepts of contracts and social class to the analysis of the employment relationship. Based on the ESRC funded Future of Work research programme this book is destined to shape our understanding of employment in Britain for the foreseeable future.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 8
List of Figures……Page 9
List of Tables……Page 10
S……Page 12
W……Page 13
1. The changing economy of work……Page 14
2. The marketization of the employment relationship?……Page 49
3. Inequality at work……Page 82
4. Representation, participation, and individualism……Page 112
5. Overwork and market discipline……Page 140
6. Bureaucratic discipline and overwork……Page 169
7. The family challenge……Page 204
8. Unequal jobs: job quality and job satisfaction……Page 246
9. Conclusions……Page 296
References……Page 313
C……Page 334
G……Page 335
M……Page 336
S……Page 337
Y……Page 338
C……Page 339
E……Page 340
I……Page 341
M……Page 342
T……Page 343
W……Page 344