The construction industry as a workplace is commonly seen as
problematic for a number of reasons, including its worrying health
and safety record, the instability of its workforce, and the poorly
regulated nature of the sector. It is surprising therefore, that
the sector and its working practices remain so under-theorised.
Now though, there is a growing interest in and awareness of the
utility of an ethnographic approach to the construction industry.
Ethnographic Research in the Construction Industry draws together
in one volume a set of expert contributions which demonstrate how
social science perspectives, rooted in ethnographic research on
construction sites and with construction workers themselves, can
generate fresh insights into the social, cultural and material ways
that the industry and conditions of work in it are experienced and
played out.
Each chapter develops discussion on the basis of an ethnographic
case study to examine how theoretically informed ethnographic
research can help us understand industry problems, and can
challenge common perceptions of the construction industry. This
book will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology,
sociology, geography and organization studies, as well as those
from the built environment and related applied fields.
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