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Work Under Capitalism synthesizes recent institutionalist and Marxist ideas about the organization of production, situating production within a social context. Starting with the transaction rather than the individual, it builds upon a coherent theory and applies it to a wide range of experience, from household labor to transformations of health care in Great Britain and the United States.This book’s analysis sheds new light on persisting inequalities by race and gender in the labor market. Written with advanced undergraduates in economics, public policy, sociology, history, and other social sciences in mind, it should also stir wide discussion among professional students of work and labor...

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Overview

Work Under Capitalism synthesizes recent institutionalist and Marxist ideas about the organization of production, situating production within a social context. Starting with the transaction rather than the individual, it builds upon a coherent theory and applies it to a wide range of experience, from household labor to transformations of health care in Great Britain and the United States.This book’s analysis sheds new light on persisting inequalities by race and gender in the labor market. Written with advanced undergraduates in economics, public policy, sociology, history, and other social sciences in mind, it should also stir wide discussion among professional students of work and labor markets.

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Chris Tilly (regional economic and social development, U. of Massachusetts at Lowell) and Charles Tilly (social science, Columbia U.) offer a synthesis of recent institutionalize and Marxist ideas about the organization of production and its social context. Written with advanced undergraduates in economics, public policy, sociology, history, and other social sciences in mind, their analysis builds a coherent theory and applies it to a wide range of situations, shedding light on persisting inequalities by race and gender in the labor market. Paper edition (unseen), $24. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780813322742
  • Publisher: Westview Press
  • Publication date: 11/6/1997
  • Edition description: REV
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 336
  • Lexile: 1440L (what's this?)
  • Series: New Perspectives in Sociology Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.98 (w) x 8.94 (h) x 0.91 (d)

Meet the Author

Chris Tilly is associate professor of regional economic and social development at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Charles Tilly is Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. Chris Tilly is associate professor of regional economic and social development at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Charles Tilly is Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Photo Credits
1 How to Work Things Out 1
2 Worlds of Work 21
3 Cotton, Coal, and Clinics 37
4 An Analytical Frame 69
5 Employers at Work 95
6 Workers and Other Actors 113
7 How Work Has Changed, How Work Changes 137
8 Varied Work, Segmented Work 161
9 Inequality at Work: Hiring 177
10 Inequality at Work: Wages and Promotion 199
11 Contention at Work 229
12 Conclusions 255
References 265
Index 315

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