Labor in the world social structure
By: Immanuel Wallerstein, editor.
Contributors: Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930-; American Council of Learned Societies.; Akademii͡a︡ nauk SSSR.; U.S.-U.S.S.R. Colloquium on World Labor and Social Change (1st : 1980 : Binghamton, N.Y.)
Series: Explorations in the world-economy ;; v. 2
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Beverly Hills
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Labor -- Congresses.; Labor unions -- Congresses.
Description: These essays focus on three key themes: the differences in the role of workers in core and peripheral countries; the relationship between nationalism and working class movements; and the increasing qualification of workers and the 'deskilling' of work. Differences in approach and conclusions between American and Soviet researchers are revealed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Based on the First U.S.-U.S.S.R. Colloquium on World Labor and Social Change, 1980, under the auspices of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Commission on Social Sciences and the Humanities, sopnsored by the American Council of Learned Societies and the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences."