Rethinking Sociology of Work: A Modern Guide for Students
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Question: Which authors in the list focus explicitly on workers' movements and globalization since 1870?
Answer: Barbara J. Silver — Forces of Labor: Workers' Movements and Globalization since 1870 (2003).
Question: Which work in the list critiques the McDonaldization of society?
Answer: George Ritzer — The McDonalization of Society (2004, revised edition).
Question: Which author delivered a presidential address discussing economics, sociology, neoliberalism and Polanyi's double movement in 2008?
Answer: Michael J. Piore — 'Second Thoughts: On Economics, Sociology, Neoliberalism, Polanyi's Double Movement and Intellectual Vacuums' (Presidential Address
Question: Which classic book on broad social-economic transformation is included in the list and who wrote it?
Answer: The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi (1944).
Question: Which author examines inclusion of mechanisms in models of ascriptive inequality?
Answer: Barbara F. Reskin — 'Including Mechanisms in our Models of Ascriptive Inequality' (2003).
Question: Which works address concepts of labour flexibility and workplace flexibility?
Answer: Guy Standing — Global Labour Flexibility: Seeking Distributive Justice (1999); Stephen P. Vallas — 'Rethinking Post-Fordism: The Meaning of Workplace
Question: Which author and work discuss empowerment, structure, agency, and managerial authority?
Answer: Stephen P. Vallas — 'Empowerment Redux: Structure, Agency, and the Remaking of Managerial Authority' (2006).
Question: Which work examines quota restriction and goldbricking in a machine shop?
Answer: Daniel Roy — 'Quota Restriction and Goldbricking in a Machine Shop' (1952).
Question: Which authors edited a volume on labour in new urban battlegrounds and local solidarity in a global economy?
Answer: Linda Turner and David B. Cornfield, eds. — Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds: Local Solidarity in a Global Economy (2007).
Question: Which authors examine spatialization, technocratic control, and restructuring of work at the turn of the century?
Answer: Michael Wallace and David Brady — 'The Next Long Swing: Spatialization, Technocratic Control, and the Restructuring of Work at the Turn of the Century