Changing contours of work : jobs and opportunities in the new economy /: jobs and opportunities in the new economy. (2016)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Changing contours of work : jobs and opportunities in the new economy /: jobs and opportunities in the new economy. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Changing contours of work : jobs and opportunities in the new economy
- Further Information:
- Note: Stephen Sweet, Ithaca College, Peter Meiksins, Cleveland State University.
- Authors:
- Sweet, Stephen A
Meiksins, Peter, 1953- - Contents:
- List of Exhibits; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Mapping the Contours of Work; Scenes From the New Economy; Culture and Work; Structure and Work; Agency and Careers; Chapter 2: New Products, New Ways of Working, and the New Economy; A Postindustrial Society?; The End of Mass Production?; New Skills?; New Cultures of Control?; The End of Organized Labor?; A New Global Economy?; Chapter 3: Economic Inequality, Social Mobility, Career Selection, and Career Paths; Interpersonal Discrimination in the Workplace; Structural Dimensions of Gender Discrimination; Strategies to Bridge the Care Gaps: International; Chapter 7: Race, Ethnicity, and Work: Legacies of the Past, Problems in the Present; Histories of Race, Ethnicity, and Work; 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; Chapter 8: Reshaping the Contours of the New Economy; Opportunity Chasms; Agents of Change; Appendix: Legislative and Regulatory Time Line of Worker Rights and Protections in the United States; References; Index;
- Publisher Details:
- Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (328 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:
- 9781483358260
1483358267 - Access Rights:
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