The Labor Process and Control of Labor: The Changing Nature of Work Relations in the Late Twentieth Century - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 027594459X ISBN 13: 9780275944599

Publisher: Praeger Pub Text, 1993

Synopsis

Focusing on work relations in the auto, steel, computer industries, agriculture, and other sectors of the U.S. economy, this book provides case studies of the labor process in the late 20th century. The authors address some of the key issues that confront workers today: plant closings, decline in union membership, drop in living standards, automation and deskilling, level of class consciousness and political organization, and the roles of the family, unions, and other mediating forces in the formation and transformation of labor and the labor process.

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About the Author

BERCH BERBEROGLU is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada. He specializes in international political economy, industrial sociology, class analysis, and labor studies. He is the author of several books, including The Internationalization of Capital (Praeger, 1987), The Legacy of Empire: Economic Decline and Class Polarization in the United States (Praeger, 1992) and The Political Economy of Development (1992).

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 027594459X
• ISBN 13: 9780275944599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Berberoglu Berch