Work Under Capitalism

by Tilly, Chris; Tilly, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780813322742
• ISBN10: 081332274X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-06
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

Work Under Capitalismsynthesizes 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.

Author Biography

Chris Tilly is associate professor of regional economic and social development at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

Table of Contents

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