Labor Economy And Society

Author : Jeffrey J. Sallaz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745665160

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Labor, Economy, and Society by Jeffrey J. Sallaz Pdf

Work is, and always will be, a central institution of society. What makes a capitalist society unique is that it treats the human capacity to engage in labor as a basic commodity. This can be a source of dynamism, as when innovative firms raise wages to attract the best and brightest. But it can also be a source of misery, as when one’s skills are suddenly rendered obsolete by forces beyond one’s control. Jeffrey J. Sallaz asks us to rethink our basic assumptions about work. Drawing on cutting-edge theories within economic sociology and through the use of contemporary examples, he conceptualizes labor as embedded exchange. This draws attention to issues that all too frequently are overlooked in our public discourse and private imaginations: how various forms of work are classified and valued; how markets for labor operate in practice; and how people can challenge the central fiction that their work is simply a commodity to be bought and sold. This readable and engaging book is suitable for both graduate and advanced undergraduate students. It will be of interest to economic sociologists, scholars of labor, and all of those who find themselves working for a living.

Author : Jamie Peck
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1572300442

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Work-place by Jamie Peck Pdf

Challenging the prevailing idea that labor markets are governed by universal economic processes, this significant work argues instead that labor markets develop in tandem with social and political institutions, and thus function in locally specific ways. Focusing on the complex social processes that lie at the heart of the labor market, the author offers a provocative new perspective and proposes new ways of conducting research in the area.

Author : Antonella Picchio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1992-10-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521418720

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Social Reproduction by Antonella Picchio Pdf

This book focuses on the relationship between the process of producing commodities and the process of social reproduction of the labouring population, and seeks to restore that problematic relationship to the central place it had in the analysis of Smith, Ricardo, and Marx.

Author : Michael J. Piore
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262018241

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Economy in Society by Michael J. Piore Pdf

Prominent economists discuss internal labor markets, the dynamics of immigration, labor market regulation, and other key topics in the work of Michael J. Piore. In Economy in Society, five prominent social scientists honor Michael J. Piore in original essays that explore key topics in Piore's work and make significant independent contributions in their own right. Piore is distinctive for his original research that explores the interaction of social, political, and economic considerations in the labor market and in the economic development of nations and regions. The essays in this volume reflect this rigorous interdisciplinary approach to important social and economic questions. M. Diane Burton's essay extends our understanding of internal labor markets by considering the influence of surrounding firms; Natasha Iskander builds on Piore's theory of immigration with a study of Mexican construction workers in two cities; Suzanne Berger highlights insights from Piore's work on technology and industrial development; Andrew Schrank takes up the theme of regulatory discretion; and Charles Sabel discusses theories of public bureaucracy.

Author : Émile Durkheim
Publisher : Digireads.com
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1420948563

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The Division of Labor in Society by Émile Durkheim Pdf

mile Durkheim is often referred to as the father of sociology. Along with Karl Marx and Max Weber he was a principal architect of modern social science and whose contribution helped established it as an academic discipline. "The Division of Labor in Society," published in 1893, was his first major contribution to the field and arguably one his most important. In this work Durkheim discusses the construction of social order in modern societies, which he argues arises out of two essential forms of solidarity, mechanical and organic. Durkheim further examines how this social order has changed over time from more primitive societies to advanced industrial ones. Unlike Marx, Durkheim does not argue that class conflict is inherent to the modern Capitalistic society. The division of labor is an essential component to the practice of the modern capitalistic system due to the increased economic efficiency that can arise out of specialization; however Durkheim acknowledges that increased specialization does not serve all interests equally well. This important and foundational work is a must read for all students of sociology and economic philosophy.

Author : John Godard
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Industrial relations
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066846019

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Industrial Relations, the Economy, and Society by John Godard Pdf

Author : Andrew Sayer,Richard Walker
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1992-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 155786280X

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The New Social Economy by Andrew Sayer,Richard Walker Pdf

As capitalism develops and state socialism disintegrates, divisions of labor are being reorganized, with major implications for the distribution of power in society. Yet the concept of division of labor has been one of the most neglected in contemporary political economy and social theory. Compared to class, gender or markets, it has typically been treated as a rather indifferent concept, part of the backdrop rather than one of the key forces of the economy and society. Dealing with the reworking of the division of labor in both practice and theory, and transcending the narrow boundaries of academic disciplines, the authors provide a new perspective on some of the most hotly debated issues in social science.

Author : Richard Münch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137567185

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The Global Division of Labour by Richard Münch Pdf

Global free trade is one of the most controversial phenomena of our time. Richard Münch offers a new theory of global labour division to explain deeper transformations in the production and distribution of wealth brought about by global free trade. He then carries out and analyzes empirical investigations based on this theory.

Author : Pier Luigi Porta,Roberto Scazzieri,Andrew S. Skinner
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 178254237X

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Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour by Pier Luigi Porta,Roberto Scazzieri,Andrew S. Skinner Pdf

'The complex interplay of the formation and communication of knowledge, the structure of social interaction, and the evolution of the division of labour, is here skilfully explored in a broad historical, philosophical and analytical framework by a truly international meeting of minds, enabling an encounter with great thinkers, past and present, commencing with Hume and Smith. A heady and unusual elixir, finely distilled, and to be slowly enjoyed if its sophisticated benefits are to be fully gathered by the reader.' - Peter Groenewegen, University of Sydney, Australia Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour gives rise to a new and richer institutional analysis of the economy centred around the analysis of language, the division of labour and social knowledge. It is in this perspective that the economic analysis of institutions comes to be associated with the study of civil society, or with the broad framework of communication and coordination behind the interaction of individuals in economic and non-economic spheres. This fascinating book is divided into three parts beginning with the issue of the development of science as an aspect of the division of labour, starting from methodological problems on the communication of scientific knowledge. The volume goes on to explore issues on the moral bases of social interaction and, more particularly, of commercial society before ending with in depth analyses of questions on the division of labour, social institutions and the diffusion of knowledge in society.

Author : Wilbert E. Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Economic development
ISBN : UOM:39015010540618

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Industrialization and Labor by Wilbert E. Moore Pdf

Author : George Farkas,Paula England
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1988-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0306428652

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Industries, Firms, and Jobs by George Farkas,Paula England Pdf

This book is a welcome reassertion of an old tradition of interdisdplinary research. That tradition has tended to atrophy in the last decade, largely because of an enormous expansion of the domain of neoc1assical economics. The expansion has fed on two sdentific developments: first, human capital theory; second, contract theory. Both developments have taken phenomena critical to the operation of the economy but previously understood in terms of categories separate and distinct from those with which economists generally work and sought to apply the same analytical techniques that we use to understand other economic problems. Human capital theory has applied conventional techniques to questions of labor supply. It began this endeavor with the supply of trained labor and then expanded to a general theory of labor supply by broadening the analysis to the allocation of time over the individual's life, the interdependendes of supply decisions within the family, and finally to the formation of the family itself. Similarly, contract theory has moved from a theory that explains the existence of c10sed economic institutions to a theory of their formation and internaioperation. The hallmark of both of these developments is the extension and applica tion of analytical techniques based on purposive maximization under con traints and the interaction of individual decision makers through a com petitive market or its analogue.

Author : Soon Beng Chew,Lingli Huang,Kai Xiang Kwa
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811238888

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Political, Economic And Social Dimensions Of Labour Markets: A Global Insight by Soon Beng Chew,Lingli Huang,Kai Xiang Kwa Pdf

Why and how do politics, society and economics shape the growth and failure of labour markets? Does government intervention help or harm labour market reforms/adjustments in times of economic downturn? What forces drive such government intervention and do they differ from society to society?In addressing these big-picture questions, this book's analytical scope is heavily centred around the topic of labour markets' performance. The book argues that performance in labour markets across countries are influenced by their labour market policies. In turn, these policies are shaped, in varying degrees, by the country's politics. Each chapter in this book dives into the labour market experiences in various countries to demonstrate why in some countries, labour markets perform better than in other countries. Major findings from this book suggest that countries can produce better economic and social outcomes (e.g. lower socio-economic inequality) if their labour market policies are aimed at fostering a socially and politically stable society via greater equity in wealth distribution across various socio-cultural and income groups.This book is an essential read for any public policy researchers, policy practitioners and undergraduate/graduate students who are interested or vested in the topic of labour markets' performance in the political, social and economic dimensions. Particularly, this book provides a critical synthesis of the labour market experiences in many countries. Hence, the book serves as an ideational tool to advance future labour market research and policy.

Author : Albert Conser Whitaker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010700248

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History and Criticism of the Labor Theory of Value in English Political Economy by Albert Conser Whitaker Pdf

A history of the labor theory of value through an analysis of the works of several prominent figures in the field. Authors discussed include Adam Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, McCulloch, James Mill, Torrens, Senior, John Stuart Mill, and Cairns.

Author : Laurent Baronian
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135043766

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Marx and Living Labour by Laurent Baronian Pdf

From his early economic works on, Marx conceived the labour of any kind of society as a set of production activities and analysed the historical modes of production as specific ways of distributing and exchanging these activities. Political economy on the contrary considers the labour only under the form of its product, and the exchange of products as commodities as the unique form of social labour exchange. For Marx, insofar as the labour creating value represents a specific mode of exchanging the society's living labour, general and abstract labour cannot not only be defined as the substance or measure unit of the commodity, as in Smith or Ricardo, but foremost as an expense of living labour, i.e. of nerves, muscles, brain, etc. Hence the twofold nature of living labour, as a concrete activity producing a use value and an expense of human labour in general producing exchange value. Marx himself claimed that this twofold nature of labour creating value was its main and most important contribution to economic science. This book aims at showing how both determines the original categories and economic laws in Capital and constitutes the profound innerspring of Marx's critique of political economy. The role and function of living labour is highlighted by dealing with the difference between Marx and Classics' theories of labour value; money and the problems of its integration in economic analysis, especially in Keynes; the transition from feudalism to capitalism; the theory of capital through a discussion on the Cambridge controversy and the transformation problem; the labour process and the principles of labour management; unemployment and overpopulation; the formulas of capital in the history of economic thought; finally, an interpretation of the current crisis based on Marx's conception of overaccumulation and speculation after having distinguished it from underconsumption and stagnation theories of crises.

Author : Mark Graham,William H. Dutton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198843498

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Society and the Internet by Mark Graham,William H. Dutton Pdf

This second edition of Society and the Internet provides key readings for students, scholars, and those interested in understanding the interactions of the Internet and society, introducing new and original contributions examining the escalating concerns around social media, disinformation, big data, and privacy. The chapters are grouped into five focused sections: The Internet in Everyday Life; Digital Rights and Human Rights; Networked Ideas, Politics,and Governance; Networked Businesses, Industries, and Economics; and Technological and Regulatory Histories and Futures. This book will be a valuable resource not only for students and researchers, but foranyone seeking a critical examination of the economic, social, and political factors shaping the Internet and its impact on society.