Changing contours of work
Subtitle: jobs and opportunities in the new economy
By: Stephen Sweet, Peter Meiksins.
Contributors: Meiksins, Peter, 1953-
Series: Sociology for a new century
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412917445
Subjects: Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States; Labor market -- United States; High technology industries -- United States; Hours of labor -- United States; Industrial relations -- United States; Globalization; United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mapping the contours of work; title: Scenes from the new economy; title: Culture and work; title: Structure and work; title: Class structures; title: Job markets and job demands; title: Demography and the new labor force; title: Agency and careers; title: Conclusion; title: How new is the new economy?; title: The old in the new; title: A post-industrial society?; title: The end of mass production?; title: New cultures of control?; title: The end of organized labor?; title: A new global economy?; title: The old in the new: a summary; title: Class chasms in the new economy; title: Class and opportunity in the United States; title: Class and opportunity in the developing world; title: Are international economic divides widening or narrowing?; title: Conclusion; title: Gender chasms in the new economy; title: When did home work become non-work?; title: Women's participation in the paid labor force in America; title: Gender inequalities in compensation; title: Socialization, career selection, and career paths; title: Interpersonal discrimination in the workplace; title: Structural dimensions of gender discrimination; title: The devaluation of women's work; title: How job designs discriminate; title: Strategies to bridge the care gaps: international comparisons; title: Conclusion; title: Race, ethnicity and work: legacies of the past and problems in the present; title: Histories of race, ethnicity, and work; title: The magnitude of racial inequality in the new economy; title: Intergenerational transmission of resources; title: Geographic distribution of race and work opportunity; title: Race and discrimination; title: Race, ethnicity and work: social policy; title: Conclusion; title: Whose jobs are secure?; title: Risk and work: historical and comparative views; title: How insecure are workers in the new economy?; title: The costs of job loss and insecurity; title: Responding to insecurity: old and new careers; title: Conclusion; title: A fair day's work; title: the intensity and scheduling of jobs in the new economy; title: Time, intensity, and work; title: How long are we working; title: comparative frameworks; title: Working long, working hard; title: Why are Americans working so much; title: Nonstandard schedules: jobs in a 24/7 economy; title: How Americans deal with overwork; title: Conclusion; title: Reshaping the contours of the new economy; title: Opportunity chasms; title: Class chasms; title: Gender chasms; title: Racial and ethnic chasms; title: International chasms; title: The agents of change; title: Individualistic approaches; title: Activist groups; title: Organized labor; title: Employers; title: The role of government; title: A fair labor standards act for the new economy; title: Expanding equities in affluence and opportunity; title: Health care; title: Child care; title: Education; title: International trade; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix; title: References; title: Index.