Changing Contours of Work : Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy /: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Sweet, Peter Meiksins.
• Authors: Sweet, Stephen A; Meiksins, Peter, 1953-
• Contents: Chapter 1: Mapping the Contours of Work; Scenes From the New Economy; Culture and Work; Structure and Work; Agency and Careers; Conclusion; Chapter 2: New Products, New Ways of Working, And Work; The Magnitude of Racial Inequality in the New Economy; Intergenerational Transmission of Resources; Geographic Distribution of Race and Work Opportunity; Racial Prejudice and Discrimination; Racialized Jobs; Race, Ethnicity, and Work: Social Policy; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Reshaping the Contours of the New Economy; Opportunity Chasms; The Agents of Change; Conclusion
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 331.0973; Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States; Labor market -- United States; High technology industries -- United States; Hours of labor -- United States; Industrial relations -- United States; Globalization; Economic history; Globalization; High technology industries; Hours of labor; Industrial relations; Labor market; Technological innovations -- Economic aspects; United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century; United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452255835; 1452255830; 9781452289946; 1452289948
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