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Market, Class, and Employment (Hardcover)
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Market, Class, and Employment (Hardcover)
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Much of the received wisdom about the world of work emphasizes the
marketization of the employment relationship; the decline of
class-based forms of inequality, and the individualization of
employment relations. Non-standard forms of employment, the
delayering of organizational hierarchies, and the use of individual
performance-based payment systems are all held up as examples of a
new neo-liberal order in which employers and employees no longer
feel a sense of obligation to each other.
Drawing on a range of employee and employer surveys, including the
authors own Working in Britain 2000 survey, this ambitious study
presents a comprehensive examination of the conditions, attitudes,
and experiences of British employees from the mid-1980s to the
early years of this century. The authors' analyses provides a
compelling critique of the received wisdom, while also providing an
original, alternative account of recent developments in work and
labour markets. Along the way, the book covers such topical issues
as the changing nature of trade union membership, the consequences
of Britain's 'long hours' culture', and the apparent inability of
women to ask for pay rises. Significantly, the authors seek to
reposition debates about the future of work by restoring the
concepts of contracts and social class to the analysis of the
employment relationship.
Based on the ESRC funded Future of Work research programme this
book is destined to shape our understanding of employment in
Britain for the foreseeable future.
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