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9780465014132

Contested Terrain

by Edwards, Richards
  • ISBN13:

    9780465014132

  • ISBN10:

    0465014135

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1980-07-06
  • Publisher: Basic Books
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Summary

The controversial study by a young radical economist of the transformation of the workplace-- where today impersonal bureaucracies legitimate hierarchies and enhance the employer's control over the worker.

Table of Contents

Preface
Three Faces from the Hidden Abodep. 3
The Personal Touch: Competitive Capitalism and the Simple Forms of Controlp. 23
Running Full: the Breakdown of Competitionp. 37
Until the Battle Is Fairly Won: the Crisis of Control in the Firmp. 48
Seeing the World: Corporations in Monopoly Capitalismp. 72
Experiments, Beginnings, and Failuresp. 90
Technical Control: an All-Around Adjustor and Equalizerp. 111
Bureaucratic Control: Policy No. 1.1p. 130
Labor Re-Divided, Part I: Segmented Labor Marketsp. 163
Labor Redivided, Part Ii: the Fractions of the Working Classp. 184
Capitalism or Democracy? the Contradictions of Modern Controlp. 200
Appendixp. 217
Notesp. 225
Bibliographyp. 244
Indexp. 253
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