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This volume explores the lives and work of those who are kept out
of poverty by their employment, but who occupy tenuous social
positions and subaltern jobs. Presenting a score of household
portraits - urban, suburban, and rural - the authors examine what
it means to 'get by' in France today, considering the material and
symbolic resources that these households can muster, and the
practices that give meaning to their lives. With attention to their
aspirations and disappointments - and their desire to be 'like
everyone else' in a supposedly egalitarian society that nonetheless
gives them little credit for their effort - this book offers a
sociological interpretation of their situations, offering new
insights into what it means to be 'working class' in a 21st-century
post-industrial society. Combining statistical analyses with
ethnographically-based examinations of how changes in the structure
of the employment market relate to plans for upward mobility,
Subaltern Workers in Contemporary France sheds light on the ways in
which class identity - along with all its associated practices,
tastes, and aspirations - has changed since the sociological
classics on the working classes were published over half a century
ago. As such, this book will appeal to sociologists with interests
in the sociology of the family, social class, and the sociology of
work.
This comprehensive study provides a perceptive portrait of
workplace employment relations in Britain and France using
comparable data from two large-scale surveys: the British Workplace
Employment Relations Survey (WERS) and the French Enquete Relations
Professionnelles et Negociations d'Entreprise (REPONSE). These
extensive linked employer-employee surveys provide
nationally-representative data on private sector employment
relations in all but the smallest workplaces, and offer a unique
opportunity to compare and contrast workplace employment relations
under two very different employment regimes. An insightful read for
all academics and students of employment, the findings also have
implications for practitioners and policy-makers keen to identify
and promote "best practice".
This volume explores the lives and work of those who are kept out
of poverty by their employment, but who occupy tenuous social
positions and subaltern jobs. Presenting a score of household
portraits - urban, suburban, and rural - the authors examine what
it means to 'get by' in France today, considering the material and
symbolic resources that these households can muster, and the
practices that give meaning to their lives. With attention to their
aspirations and disappointments - and their desire to be 'like
everyone else' in a supposedly egalitarian society that nonetheless
gives them little credit for their effort - this book offers a
sociological interpretation of their situations, offering new
insights into what it means to be 'working class' in a 21st-century
post-industrial society. Combining statistical analyses with
ethnographically-based examinations of how changes in the structure
of the employment market relate to plans for upward mobility,
Subaltern Workers in Contemporary France sheds light on the ways in
which class identity - along with all its associated practices,
tastes, and aspirations - has changed since the sociological
classics on the working classes were published over half a century
ago. As such, this book will appeal to sociologists with interests
in the sociology of the family, social class, and the sociology of
work.
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