Labour Process Theory
Published on 5. January 1990
Book
Hardback
VII, 386 pages
978-0-333-44038-4 (ISBN)
Description
How are we to make sense of the way work is organised and controlled? To what extent is its design the result of technological demands, the interests of capital or processes of negotiation and struggle? In recent years labour process analysis, revived by Braverman's Labor and Monopoly Capital , has been most influential in shaping our thinking about this question. With contributions from leading authorities in the field, this book reviews the contribution of the labour process theory to the study of work organisation. Providing a fresh response to criticisms of 'Bravermania' and lost momentum, the volume explores the theoretical foundations of labour process analysis and suggests new directions for its development
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Series
Edition
1990 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
VII, 386 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
649 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-44038-4 (9780333440384)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-20466-3
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Persons
DAVID KNIGHTS is a Senior Lecturer in the Manchester School of Management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He has conducted research into industrial relations, equal opportunities for ethnic minorities and sex discrimination in recruitment. He has published in sociology and management journals. He is co-author of
'Managing the Multi-Racial Workforce'
and co-editor of a number of books on the labour process.
HUGH WILLMOTT is a Lecturer in the Manchester School of Management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. His recent research has been on ESRC funded studies of accounting regulation and the strategic development of the personnel specialism. He has published in a wide range of social science journals and is co-editor of a number of books on the labour process.
HUGH WILLMOTT is a Lecturer in the Manchester School of Management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. His recent research has been on ESRC funded studies of accounting regulation and the strategic development of the personnel specialism. He has published in a wide range of social science journals and is co-editor of a number of books on the labour process.
Content
Notes on the Contributors Introduction The Labour Process Debate: A Theoretical Review 1974-1988; C.R.Littler Crawling from the Wreckage: The Labour Process and the Politics of Production; P.Thompson Understanding the Conflict in the Labour Process: The Logic and Autonomy of Struggle; P.K.Edwards Labour and the Labour Process; M.Wardell Managerial Strategies, Activists, Techniques and Technology: Towards a Complex Theory of the Labour Process; A.Friedman A Ghost in the Machine?: The State and the Labour Process in Theory and Practice; D.Strinati Gender and the Labour Process: A Reassessment; J.West Fragmented Labours; G.Burrell Subjectivity, Power and the Labour Process; D.Knights Subjectivity and the Dialects of Praxis: Opening up the Core of Labour Process Analysis; H.Willmott Index