The Division Of Labor In Society

Author : Émile Durkheim
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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 : Craig Calhoun,Joseph Gerteis,James Moody,Steven Pfaff,Indermohan Virk
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470655672

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Classical Sociological Theory by Craig Calhoun,Joseph Gerteis,James Moody,Steven Pfaff,Indermohan Virk Pdf

This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current influence on contemporary sociological debate. Explores influential works of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton Editorial introductions lend historical and intellectual perspective to the substantial readings Includes a new section with new readings on the immediate "pre-history" of sociological theory, including the Enlightenment and de Tocqueville Individual reading selections are updated throughout

Author : Emile Durkheim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781476749730

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The Division of Labor in Society by Emile Durkheim Pdf

"In 1893, a young doctoral student was to publish an entirely original work on the nature of labor and production as they were being shaped by the industrial revolution. Emile Durkheim's The Division of Labor in Society studies the nature of social solidarity and explores the ties that bind one person to the next in order to hold society together. This revised and updated second edition fluently conveys original arguments for contemporary readers. Leading Durkheim scholar Steve Lukes's new introduction builds upon Lewis Coser's original -- which places the work in its intellectual and historical context and pinpoints its central ideas and arguments -- by focusing on the text's significance for how we ought to think sociologically about some central problems that face us today."--Back cover.

Author : Emile Durkheim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1982-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780029079409

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Rules of Sociological Method by Emile Durkheim Pdf

First published in 1895: Emile Durkheim's masterful work on the nature and scope of sociology--now with a new introduction and improved translation by leading scholar Steven Lukes.The Rules of the Sociological Method is among the most important contributions to the field of sociology, still debated among scholars today. Through letters, arguments, and commentaries on significant debates, Durkheim confronted critics, clarified his own position, and defended the objective scientific method he applied to his study of humans. This updated edition offers an introduction and extra notes as well as a new translation to improve the clarity and accessibility of this essential work. In the introduction, Steven Lukes, author of the definitive biography Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work, spells out Durkheim's intentions, shows the limits of Durkheim's view of sociology, and presents its political background and significance. Making use of the various texts in this volume and Durkheim's later work, Lukes discusses how Durkheim's methodology was modified or disregarded in practice--and how it is still relevant today. With substantial notes on context, this user-friendly edition will greatly ease the task of students and scholars working with Durkheim's method--a view that has been a focal point of sociology since its original publication. The Rules of the Sociological Method will engage a new generation of readers with Durkheim's rich contribution to the field."

Author : Richard Münch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 54,5 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 : Margaret Stacey,Margaret Reid,Christian Heath,Robert Dingwall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351055123

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Health and the Division of Labour by Margaret Stacey,Margaret Reid,Christian Heath,Robert Dingwall Pdf

Originally published in 1978, Health and the Division of Labour examines problems and tensions experienced in health work. The papers analyse inter- and intra-occupational rivalry and consider the impact of new forms of managerial rationality upon the traditional divisions of tasks and prestige in health work. The issues raised here affect public policy in both Britain and the USA: Americans can profit from British work on the position of women in medicine, on unionisation and on managerialism, Britons can learn from Americans work on the political context of both social science and medicine, in looking at renal dialysis policy and at the problems of fieldwork in Latin America.

Author : Émile Durkheim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037775462

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The Division of Labour in Society by Émile Durkheim Pdf

What ties bind men to one another? What relationship exists between the individual personality and social solidarity? DURKHEIM resolves the paradox of the increasing autonomy of the individual by asserting that social solidarity has been transformed by the development of the division of labour and occupational specialisation, a transformation from mechanical to organic solidarity EMILE DURKHEIM (1858-1917) founded the Annee Sociologique and the French school of Durkheimian sociology. His most famous work is Suicide W.D. HALLS is Lecturer in Educational Studies at the University of Oxford. He is General Editor of the Oxford Review of Education. His books include Maurice Maeterlinck: A Study of His Life and Thought; Education, Culture and Society in Modern France; and The Youth of Vinchy France LEWIS COSER is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York

Author : Doreen Massey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349240593

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Spatial Divisions of Labour by Doreen Massey Pdf

The first edition of Spatial Divisions of Labour rapidly became a classic. It had enormous influence on thinking about uneven development, the nature of economic space, and the conceptualisation of place arguing for an approach embedding all these issues in a notion of spatialised social relations. This second edition includes a new first chapter and an extensive additional concluding essay addressing key issues in the debates and controversies which followed initial publication.

Author : United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Employment forecasting
ISBN : IND:30000089076727

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Occupational Outlook Handbook by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics Pdf

Author : J. Parpart,S. Stichter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349205141

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Women, Employment and the Family in the International Division of Labour by J. Parpart,S. Stichter Pdf

In the present stage of international capitalist development, women are increasingly being drawn into paid employment by multinational and state investment in the Third World. This volume investigates the interrelations between women's participation in the urban wage economy and their productive and reproductive roles in the household and family. It brings together a selection of important recent research on all major regions of the developing world by leading scholars in this emerging field. It argues that the household itself is an important determinant of the character and timing of women's labour force participation, and it assesses the extent to which family patterns can be expected to change as women increasingly work outside the home.

Author : Guido Starosta
Publisher : Springer
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137538727

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The New International Division of Labour by Guido Starosta Pdf

This book revisits the debate over the new international division of labour (NIDL) that dominated discussions in international political economy and development studies until the early 1990s. It submits that a revised NIDL thesis can shed light on the specificities of capitalist development in various parts of the world today. Taken together, the contributions amount to a novel value-theoretical approach to understanding the NIDL. This rests upon the distinction between the global economic content that determines the constitution and dynamics of the NIDL and the evolving national political forms that mediate its development. More specifically, the authors argue that uneven development is an expression of the underlying essential unity of the production of relative surplus-value on a world scale. They substantiate and illustrate this argument through several international case studies, including Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Ireland, South Korea, Spain and Venezuela.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781621968276

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Freedom of Speech and Society by Anonim Pdf

Author : André Gorz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Division of labor
ISBN : UCSC:32106000884434

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The Division of Labour by André Gorz Pdf

Author : Emile Durkheim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780684836386

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The Division of Labor in Society by Emile Durkheim Pdf

In this momentous challenge to the economic theories of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim presents a visionary reconception of the social structures for production and allocation that are the cornerstones of capitalism. He asks how individuality can be retained within the capitalist system. He argues that class conflict is not inherent in a capitalistic society as Marx contended, but that the unfettered growth of state power would lead to the extinction of individuality. He suggests that only in a free society that promotes voluntary bonds between its members can individuality prosper.

Author : Wesley Longhofer,Daniel Winchester
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 943 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000888249

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Social Theory Re-Wired by Wesley Longhofer,Daniel Winchester Pdf

This third edition of Social Theory Re-Wired is a significantly revised edition of this leading text and its unique web learning interactive programs that "allow us to go farther into theory and to build student skills than ever before," according to many teachers. Vital political and social updates are reflected both in the text and the online supplements. "System updates" to each section offer an expanded set of contemporary theory readings that focus on the impacts of information/digital technologies on each of the text’s five big themes: 1) the Puzzles of Social Order, 2) the Social Consequences of Capitalism, 3) the Darkside of Modernity, 4) Subordinated/Alternative Knowledges, and 5) Self-Identity and Society. New to this edition: The "big ideas/questions" thematic structure of the text as well as the connections between classical and contemporary theorists continues to be popular with instructors. This feature is enhanced in the new edition An expanded "Podcast Companions" series now pairs at least one podcast to every reading in the book Many new updates to the exercise platform allow students to theorize and build theory on their own New readings excerpts include such important recent work as: Shoshana Zuboff’s "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," Ruha Benjamin’s "Race After Technology," David Graeber’s "Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit," Sherry Turkle’s “Always-On/Always-on-You.”