Author: Erol Kahveci
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780720123197
Category : Informal sector (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Presents a cross-section of sociological case studies concerning work and occupation Turkey, where a rapidly changing society is changing the structure of work and of people's lives, particularly in urban areas. It takes into account recent developments in the country, the growth of a large informal sector, the emergence of an industrial working class, and the declining economic and social position of state employees. A distinctive feature of the book is the direct quotations from a wide cross-section of workers including shoe-shine boys and others in the informal sector, as well as coal miners, metal workers, school teachers, and small businessmen. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Work and Occupation in Modern Turkey
Author: Erol Kahveci
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780720123197
Category : Informal sector (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Presents a cross-section of sociological case studies concerning work and occupation Turkey, where a rapidly changing society is changing the structure of work and of people's lives, particularly in urban areas. It takes into account recent developments in the country, the growth of a large informal sector, the emergence of an industrial working class, and the declining economic and social position of state employees. A distinctive feature of the book is the direct quotations from a wide cross-section of workers including shoe-shine boys and others in the informal sector, as well as coal miners, metal workers, school teachers, and small businessmen. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780720123197
Category : Informal sector (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Presents a cross-section of sociological case studies concerning work and occupation Turkey, where a rapidly changing society is changing the structure of work and of people's lives, particularly in urban areas. It takes into account recent developments in the country, the growth of a large informal sector, the emergence of an industrial working class, and the declining economic and social position of state employees. A distinctive feature of the book is the direct quotations from a wide cross-section of workers including shoe-shine boys and others in the informal sector, as well as coal miners, metal workers, school teachers, and small businessmen. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Handbook Global History of Work
Author: Karin Hofmeester
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110424703
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
Coffee from East Africa, wine from California, chocolate from the Ivory Coast - all those every day products are based on labour, often produced under appalling conditions, but always involving the combination of various work processes we are often not aware of. What is the day-to-day reality for workers in various parts of the world, and how was it in the past? How do they work today, and how did they work in the past? These and many other questions comprise the field of the global history of work – a young discipline that is introduced with this handbook. In 8 thematic chapters, this book discusses these aspects of work in a global and long term perspective, paying attention to several kinds of work. Convict labour, slave and wage labour, labour migration, and workers of the textile industry, but also workers' organisation, strikes, and motivations for work are part of this first handbook of global labour history, written by the most renowned scholars of the profession.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110424703
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
Coffee from East Africa, wine from California, chocolate from the Ivory Coast - all those every day products are based on labour, often produced under appalling conditions, but always involving the combination of various work processes we are often not aware of. What is the day-to-day reality for workers in various parts of the world, and how was it in the past? How do they work today, and how did they work in the past? These and many other questions comprise the field of the global history of work – a young discipline that is introduced with this handbook. In 8 thematic chapters, this book discusses these aspects of work in a global and long term perspective, paying attention to several kinds of work. Convict labour, slave and wage labour, labour migration, and workers of the textile industry, but also workers' organisation, strikes, and motivations for work are part of this first handbook of global labour history, written by the most renowned scholars of the profession.
Global Management, Local Labour
Author: T. Nichols
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230504574
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Little discussion about 'globalization' has concerned one of the truly global forces - the management of multi-national and large domestic corporations - and the significance of modern management practices for workers in the developing world. This book examines the nature of work in the modern corporate sector in Turkey with special reference to three industries, white goods, cars and textiles. Based on extensive interviews, it questions some common assumptions in the modern western social science literature, especially in North America and Britain.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230504574
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Little discussion about 'globalization' has concerned one of the truly global forces - the management of multi-national and large domestic corporations - and the significance of modern management practices for workers in the developing world. This book examines the nature of work in the modern corporate sector in Turkey with special reference to three industries, white goods, cars and textiles. Based on extensive interviews, it questions some common assumptions in the modern western social science literature, especially in North America and Britain.
Changing Work and Community Identities in European Regions
Author: John Kirk
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230353916
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining and manufacturing centres throughout Europe, opening the way to a deeper understanding of the intensity of change and of how work helps shape new identities.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230353916
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining and manufacturing centres throughout Europe, opening the way to a deeper understanding of the intensity of change and of how work helps shape new identities.
Health and Work
Author: Lesley Doyal
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349276251
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Occupational health issues have been identified as crucially important in the debate about socio-economic determinants of health and illness. Yet few texts have addressed issues of work and health in any depth, while interest in the field continues to grow. Health and Work explores current debates about inequalities in health, focusing on the consequences of new patterns of employment for health, stress and the quality of working life. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives in an international, global context, each chapter examines changing discourses of risk and health and identifies implications for policy and practice within the health care arena, as well as in relation to the management of the work environment.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349276251
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Occupational health issues have been identified as crucially important in the debate about socio-economic determinants of health and illness. Yet few texts have addressed issues of work and health in any depth, while interest in the field continues to grow. Health and Work explores current debates about inequalities in health, focusing on the consequences of new patterns of employment for health, stress and the quality of working life. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives in an international, global context, each chapter examines changing discourses of risk and health and identifies implications for policy and practice within the health care arena, as well as in relation to the management of the work environment.
Ottoman and Republican Turkish Labour History: Volume 17
Author: Touraj Atabaki
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521128056
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Examines Ottoman and republican Turkish social and labour history from the end of the nineteenth century to the early 1950s.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521128056
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Examines Ottoman and republican Turkish social and labour history from the end of the nineteenth century to the early 1950s.
The New Sociology of Economic Behaviour
Author: Ralph Fevre
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412931991
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
What are the solid achievements of the sociology of economic behaviour? What have been the main failures and omissions? How will the subject develop? In this assured and timely volume, the author demonstrates how the sociology of economic behaviour was hijacked by the economic sociology which grew out of Parsons′ interpretation of Weber. This development meant that the moral considerations of classical sociology only received attention as means to economic ends. Economic sociology is based on insupportable assumptions about the power of economic rationality which also obscures the political nature of economic behaviour. The book seeks to revitalize the classical approach and introduces students to the essential ideas in the field. It also shows researchers and graduate students how to make use of concepts like demoralization, cheap labour, dignity at work and a fair day′s pay to develop critiques of current economic arrangements.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412931991
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
What are the solid achievements of the sociology of economic behaviour? What have been the main failures and omissions? How will the subject develop? In this assured and timely volume, the author demonstrates how the sociology of economic behaviour was hijacked by the economic sociology which grew out of Parsons′ interpretation of Weber. This development meant that the moral considerations of classical sociology only received attention as means to economic ends. Economic sociology is based on insupportable assumptions about the power of economic rationality which also obscures the political nature of economic behaviour. The book seeks to revitalize the classical approach and introduces students to the essential ideas in the field. It also shows researchers and graduate students how to make use of concepts like demoralization, cheap labour, dignity at work and a fair day′s pay to develop critiques of current economic arrangements.
The Other Car Workers
Author: E. Kahveci
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230209386
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The maritime car carrier industry has been entirely neglected by social scientists. This book examines globalization changes in cost structure and dynamics; in ownership, freight, labour and other markets; in technological innovation and ship design; and in relation to car manufacturers, ship management companies and crewing agents.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230209386
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The maritime car carrier industry has been entirely neglected by social scientists. This book examines globalization changes in cost structure and dynamics; in ownership, freight, labour and other markets; in technological innovation and ship design; and in relation to car manufacturers, ship management companies and crewing agents.
Worker Representation and Workplace Health and Safety
Author: D. Walters
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230210716
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This book considers worker representation on health and safety at work. Using international and UK case studies and materials, it examines how existing arrangements deliver results, interrogating the dominant regulatory model. This book is vital for those interested in industrial relations, health and safety, and worker representation.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230210716
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This book considers worker representation on health and safety at work. Using international and UK case studies and materials, it examines how existing arrangements deliver results, interrogating the dominant regulatory model. This book is vital for those interested in industrial relations, health and safety, and worker representation.
Evaluating Social Movement Impacts
Author: Brian Mello
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1441111077
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Some social movements bring in quick, radical political and social changes while others get incorporated into existing systems or subjected to harsh repression. This book examines why social movements elicit different policy responses and their varying impact on the societies in which they occur. It also seeks to understand why seemingly inconsequential movements can nonetheless have enduring effects. These issues are explored through the comparative historical analysis of four labor movements, in the UK and the U.S. in the late 1800s -early 1900s, in Japan from 1945 to 1960, and in Turkey during the mid to late 1900s, which is the book's primary case study. Turkey's labor movement, although often seen as a failure, greatly influenced state-society relations and contemporary Turkish politics. This significant study offers a new framework of analysis by focusing on social movement impacts rather than successes or failures. This leads to having to reconsider the enduring effects of repressed or failed movements. By doing so, it will help researchers study the likely impact of social movements in today's politics.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1441111077
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Some social movements bring in quick, radical political and social changes while others get incorporated into existing systems or subjected to harsh repression. This book examines why social movements elicit different policy responses and their varying impact on the societies in which they occur. It also seeks to understand why seemingly inconsequential movements can nonetheless have enduring effects. These issues are explored through the comparative historical analysis of four labor movements, in the UK and the U.S. in the late 1800s -early 1900s, in Japan from 1945 to 1960, and in Turkey during the mid to late 1900s, which is the book's primary case study. Turkey's labor movement, although often seen as a failure, greatly influenced state-society relations and contemporary Turkish politics. This significant study offers a new framework of analysis by focusing on social movement impacts rather than successes or failures. This leads to having to reconsider the enduring effects of repressed or failed movements. By doing so, it will help researchers study the likely impact of social movements in today's politics.