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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions
Die tradisie van die pryslied het in die afgelope paar jaar wyd
bekend geraak. Hierdie bundle bevat 'n versameling liedere in
hierdie genre, maar dis eiesoortig in die sin dat dit spesifiek
deur Basotho-trekarbeiders geskep is en deur hulle uitgevoer word.
Dit gee die leser 'n wye blik op die verskeurde wereld van hierdie
swerwer-sangers. Aan die een kant is daar die ervarings van hul
landelike wereld van herkoms. Daar is liriese beskrywings van die
natuur en die vanselfsprekende intergrasie tussen die mens, die
tasbare leefwereld en die magiese sfeer. Wanneer die sanger uit
nood besluit om sy brood om die myne to gaan verdien, lei dit tot
'n ontwortelde swerwerbestaan gekenmerk deur vervreemding en
identiteitsverlies. Die werker-sanger is iemand wat tussen twee
werelde leef en nie werklik aan een van die twee behoort nie. Die
sekerste van die twee, maar ook die ontredderendste, is die van die
mynwerker. Hier word hy in werklikheid gereduseer tot 'n implement
of 'n stuk gereedskap: "Ek is die kruiptrekker van die myn, manne";
en "My identiteit het aan my skopgraaf vasgegroei." Die nuwe
realiteit is die van die ontsetting van mynongelukke, die
verbrokkeling van die huislike sfeer, die verlies van 'n geliefde
weens ontrou.
This comprehensive and innovative book demonstrates the dynamics of
welfare policies in different socioeconomic settings by providing
comparative analyses of the Baltic and Nordic welfare state
systems. The book contributes to finding and reflecting upon
innovative solutions to common challenges in European welfare
states. Challenging conventional welfare state research, the
authors compare the Nordic countries with the welfare states of the
market-oriented democracies of the Baltic area, discussing welfare
state theories, family policy regimes and welfare state models. Top
international contributors provide a better understanding of the
complex inequalities that families and individuals are facing in
the 21st century, and cover important topics such as poverty,
social insurance and family policy in the Nordic and Baltic areas.
Challenges to the Welfare State will be of great interest to social
policy scholars and policy makers, particularly those with an
interest in the Baltic and Nordic countries. It will also be a
welcome addition to the literature for students interested in
family policy and pension protection reforms, and those with a
general interest in the contemporary welfare state studies in
Europe.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to
be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. This Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Sport
highlights the relationship between sport and violence, brain
injury, social class, sexual minorities, gender, and race. Eric
Anderson and Rory Magrath expertly draw on a range of scholarly
evidence to outline how these issues intersect with contemporary
sports culture. Key features include: close examination of the most
salient issues confronting sport scholars and policy makers a focus
on how sport contributes to the process of 'othering' a range of
recommendations for future improvements to the culture of sport for
the 21st Century. This book provides essential reading for scholars
and students in sports science, sociology and public policy.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to
be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. This Advanced Introduction examines the economic, social,
and political conditions that have shaped the 21st century
workplace in wealthy democracies, highlighting the changes in work
since the 1970s which have produced the 'new economy'. Amy S.
Wharton illuminates important aspects of today's workplace,
including the service economy, customer-facing jobs, the
transformative effects of digital platforms, and the 'opening' of
the employment relationship. Key Features: Analysis of algorithms
and the gig economy in the broader context of workplace change
Insight into the interconnections between gender, work, and family,
as well as the sources of stability and change in these relations
over time Understanding changes in the spatial, physical, and
temporal aspects of work and their impacts on workers and families
Foregrounds inequality, using the intersectional lenses of race,
class, gender, and citizenship to explore this issue Revealing the
continuities and discontinuities between the workplace of the past
and the present, this Advanced Introduction will be a valuable
guide for sociology researchers and advanced students. Business
scholars, students and leaders will also benefit from its
discussion of platform-based service work and the rise of
nonstandard, contingent, and temporary jobs.
This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key
topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies.
Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations
in conditions under which people use digital media and differences
in their digital skills, it unpacks the implications of digital
inequality on life outcomes. International contributors assess a
variety of key contexts that impact access to digital technologies,
including contextual variations related to geography and
infrastructure, as well as individual differences related to age,
income, health and disability status. Chapters explore how
variations emerge across the life course, illustrating the effects
of digital disparities on personal wellbeing. Intervening in
critical debates relating to the digital divide, this Handbook
offers key insights into privacy and trust issues that affect
technological usage. Employing both quantitative and qualitative
investigations into the relationship between social inequality and
the Internet, this Handbook is crucial reading for scholars and
researchers in both communication and sociology, particularly those
focusing on digital inequalities and human-computer interaction. It
will also benefit policymakers in need of innovative approaches to
understanding, challenging and addressing the digital divide.
Since the 1970s the long term decline in self-employment has slowed
- and even reversed in some countries - and the prospect of 'being
your own boss' is increasingly topical in the discourse of both the
general public and within academia. Traditionally, self-employment
has been associated with independent entrepreneurship, but
increasingly it is linked to being a form of precarious work. This
book utilises evidence-based information to address both the
current and future challenges of this trend as the nature of
self-employment changes, as well as to demonstrate where, when and
why self-employment has emerged as precarious work in Europe.
Bringing together leading international experts in the field, this
book provides insight into key issues surrounding self-employment
from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. Covering existing
theory and context, providing empirical results of studies into
self-employment and precarious work from across Europe, and
discussion of the implications of this research, it offers key
insights into future avenues for research. Students of European
studies and social policy, as well as policy makers and researchers
with a particular interest in employment, self-employment and
precarious work across Europe, will find the data and policy ideas
presented in this book an invaluable read.
This innovative and thought-provoking Research Handbook explores
the theoretical debate surrounding work-life balance, and provides
a reflection on the opportunity to adopt multilevel research
approaches and perspectives, along gender and temporal axes. The
Research Handbook is an international overview of current research
on work-life balance, considered in macro, meso and micro
perspectives. Offering both theoretical reflections and empirical
research examples illustrating the multiple strategies through
which the different articulations that characterize the work-life
intersection can be analysed, this Research Handbook includes
analyses of gendered labour, generational assets and technological
changes. Contributors provide translation and actualization of
specific research practices and methodological choices, focused on
different national contexts. The empirical analysis ranges from
comparative research based on quantitative methods, to qualitative
approaches centered on longitudinal, discursive and narrative
perspectives, and mixed-method studies. Further contributions adopt
innovative research methods based on the use of digital and visual
technologies. This Research Handbook will be an inspiring read for
both undergraduate and postgraduate sociology and social policy
students. The book is also addressed to researchers, consultants
and policy makers interested in work-life balance issues.
Actors in the world of work are facing an increasing number of
challenges, including automatization and digitalization, new types
of jobs and more diverse forms of employment. This timely book
examines employer and worker responses, challenges and
opportunities for social dialogue, and the role of social partners
in the governance of the world of work. Through interviews and
surveys, the volume provides direct evidence on three central
questions: how can we cultivate autonomous, bipartite social
dialogue in order to meet these critical challenges? How can the
social partners strengthen their representativeness and membership,
and extend their influence? What role can social partners and
social dialogue play regarding digitalization, and what best
practices can be identified? The volume also addresses significant
trends such as demographic changes, migration flows, global supply
chain management and environmental objectives. It covers the
current EU member states while extending analysis to EU candidate
and potential candidate countries, thus enlarging coverage to 34
European nations. The detailed evidence by theme and by individual
country will provide a unique source of ideas on social actors'
innovative roles in ensuring sustainable and inclusive practices in
the future world of work. This will be an invigorating read for
labour economics and labour policy scholars looking for a better
understanding of the new world of work. Labour organizations,
employers, trade unions and representatives of national and
supranational institutions will also benefit from the detailed case
studies in the volume.
Searching for paid tasks via digital labour platforms, such as
Uber, Deliveroo and Fiverr, has become a global phenomenon and the
regular source of income for millions of people. In the advent of
digital labour platforms, this insightful book sheds new light on
familiar questions about tensions between competition and
cooperation, short-term gains and long-term success, and private
benefits and public costs. Drawing on a wealth of knowledge from a
range of disciplines, including law, management, psychology,
economics, sociology and geography, it pieces together a nuanced
picture of the societal challenges posed by the platform economy.
Chapters present a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the
rise of gig work, reflecting on long-term developments in the gig
economy and incorporating contemporary developments into the rich
theoretical and empirical literature on the topic. Charting new
research territory, the book addresses key academic and policy
challenges, arming readers with relevant analytical tools and
practical solutions to face common problems. This book comprises a
key reference for future research on the topic as well as critical
policy measures for addressing challenges relating to gig work.
Offering an integrated outline of the latest insights, this book is
crucial reading for scholars and researchers of the platform
economy and gig work, outlining academic insights and empirical
research, and illustrating a research agenda for future
scholarship. The book's comprehensive approach will also benefit
policy-makers, managers and workers as they confront the platform
economy's wide variety of legal, economic and management
challenges.
This timely book explores new social justice challenges in the
workplace. Adopting a long-term perspective, it focuses on value
conflicts, or ethical dilemmas, in contemporary organisations.
Matthieu de Nanteuil holds a strong and original position in this
regard. The problem is not so much the existence of value
conflicts: it is more the fact that the actors do not have a frame
of justice that allows them to overcome these conflicts without
renouncing their deeply held values. However - and this is crucial
- these frames of justice are plural. The book proposes tangible
solutions, based around four frames of justice: ethics of
discussion, negotiation, development and recognition. It offers a
systematic review of their strengths and weaknesses as applied to
the workplace. The author translates them to real life situations
through a range of case studies, demonstrating practical outcomes
applicable to the day-to-day working environment and highlighting
that there is no one universal approach. Original and engaging,
this book will be of interest to scholars of workplace ethics,
labour policy, sociology of work and social theory. It will also be
a key resource for HRM policy makers, trade unionists and managers
dealing with human issues in the organisation.
Providing an insightful analysis of the key issues and significant
trends relating to labour within the platform economy, this Modern
Guide considers the existing comparative evidence covering all
world regions. It also provides an in-depth look at digital labour
platforms in their historical, economic and geographical contexts.
Highlighting the diversity of experience of platform work, case
studies illustrate how general trends play out, both in online and
location-based labour platforms, across the globe. Chapters
illustrate a need for a post-pandemic regulatory requirement of
digital labour platforms at different policy levels, whilst
providing a general overview of key topics. Interlinking
contributions with a global scope and coverage identify the
challenges faced and offer thoughtful regulatory solutions. This
engaging book will be an invaluable resource for academics of
labour economics, legal and business studies and sociology. It will
also benefit policy makers in social and political geography and
political science looking for a deeper understanding of the topic.
Within these pages James K. Beggan puts forward a novel approach to
understanding sexual harassment by high value superstars in the
workplace. The approach integrates ideas derived from evolutionary
theory, utility theory, sexual scripting theory and research on the
regulation of emotion. Besides providing a better understanding of
the phenomenon, the book aims to contribute to the development of
better techniques to prevent sexual harassment. Recently, credible
allegations of sexual misconduct against high profile figures have
dominated the news. Sexual harassment has become an important issue
for leaders and those who study leadership. The author presents a
new approach to understanding sexual harassment in the #MeToo era
that integrates research from a diverse range of areas typically
ignored by researchers. Ideas derived from this new approach are
used to propose more effective methods for the elimination of
sexual harassment in the workplace. The book also addresses how
efforts to prevent sexual harassment may interfere with the free
expression of sexuality and ultimately threaten the rights of the
individual. Academics and journalists interested in understanding
sexual harassment, including graduate students, and undergraduates
enrolled in upper division specialized courses in gender relations
will find this book to be innovative and informative.
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