Changing contours of work : jobs and opportunities in the new economy / Stephen Sweet, Ithaca College, Peter Meiksins, Cleveland State University
- Author:
- Sweet, Stephen A.
- Additional Titles:
- Jobs and opportunities in the new economy
- Published:
- Los Angeles : SAGE, [2017]
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Meiksins, Peter, 1953-
- Series:
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Mapping the Contours of Work -- Scenes From the New Economy -- Culture and Work -- Structure and Work -- Class Structures -- Job Markets and Job Demands -- Demography and the New Labor Force -- Agency and Careers -- Conclusion -- 2.New Products, New Ways of Working, and the New Economy -- A Postindustrial Society? -- The End of Mass Production? -- New Skills? -- Interactive Service Work -- High-Tech Work -- New Cultures of Control? -- The End of Organized Labor? -- A New Global Economy? -- Conclusion -- 3.Economic Inequality, Social Mobility, and the New Economy -- Are Economic Divides Narrowing or Widening in the United States? -- Are Career Pathways Opening or Closing? -- Missing Rungs in the Ladder -- Entry Points: Securing the Good Job in Young Adulthood -- Is the Global Economy Becoming More Flat or Bumpy? -- Conclusion -- 4.Whose Jobs Are Secure? -- Risk and Work: Historical and Comparative Views -- How Insecure Are Workers in the New Economy? -- The Costs of Job Loss and Insecurity -- Responding to Insecurity: Old and New Careers -- Conclusion -- 5.A Fair Day's Work? The Intensity and Scheduling of Jobs in the New Economy -- Time, Intensity, and Work -- How Much Should We Work? Comparative Frameworks -- Why Are Americans Working So Much? -- Nonstandard Schedules: Jobs in a 24/7 Economy -- How Americans Deal With Overwork -- Conclusion -- 6.Gender Chasms in the New Economy -- When Did Home Work Become Nonwork? -- Women's Participation in the Paid Labor Force in America -- Gender Inequalities in Compensation -- Socialization, Career Selection, and Career Paths -- Interpersonal Discrimination in the Workplace -- Structural Dimensions of Gender Discrimination -- The Devaluation of "Women's Work" -- How Job Designs Discriminate -- Strategies to Bridge the Care Gaps: International Comparisons -- Conclusion -- 7.Race, Ethnicity, and Work: Legacies of the Past, Problems in the Present -- Histories of Race, Ethnicity, and Work -- African American Exceptionality -- The Immigrant Experience -- Magnitude of Racial Inequality in the New Economy -- Intergenerational Transmission of Resources -- Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Capital -- Race, Ethnicity, and Human Capital -- Race, Ethnicity, and Social Capital -- Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Capital -- Geographic Distribution of Race and Work Opportunity -- Racial Prejudice and Discrimination -- Racialized Jobs -- Race, Ethnicity, and Work: Social Policy -- Affirmative Action -- Immigration Policy -- Conclusion -- 8.Reshaping the Contours of the New Economy -- Opportunity Chasms -- Class Chasms -- Gender Chasms -- Racial and Ethnic Chasms -- International Chasms -- Agents of Change -- Individuals -- Activist, Advocacy, and Interest Groups -- Unions and Organized Labor -- Employers -- Government -- International Organizations and International Controls -- Conclusion.
- Summary:
- Chapter 1. Mapping the Contours of Work. Scenes From the New Economy; Culture and Work ; Structure and Work ; Agency and Careers -- Chapter 2. New Products, New Ways of Working, and the New Economy. A Postindustrial Society? ; The End of Mass Production? ; New Skills? ; New Cultures of Control? ; The End of Organized Labor? ; A New Global Economy? -- Chapter 3. Economic Inequality, Social Mobility, and the New Economy. Are Economic Divides Narrowing or Widening in the United States? ; Are Career Pathways Opening or Closing? ; Is the Global Economy Becoming More Flat or Bumpy? -- Chapter 4. Whose Jobs Are Secure? Risk and Work : Historical and Comparative Views ; How Insecure Are Workers in the New Economy? ; The Costs of Job Loss and Insecurity; Responding to Insecurity : Old and New Careers -- Chapter 5. A Fair Day's Work? : The Intensity and Scheduling of Jobs in the New Economy ; Time, Intensity, and Work ; How Much Should We Work? : Comparative Frameworks ; Why Are Americans Working So Much? ; Nonstandard Schedules : Jobs in a 24/7 Economy ; How Americans Deal With Overwork -- Chapter 6. Gender Chasms in the New Economy. When Did Home Work Become Nonwork?; Womens Participation in the Paid Labor Force in America ; Gender Inequalities in Compensation; Socialization, Career Selection, and Career Paths ; Interpersonal Discrimination in the Workplace ; Structural Dimensions of Gender Discrimination ; Strategies to Bridge the Care Gaps : International -- Chapter 7. Race, Ethnicity, and Work: Legacies of the Past, Problems in the Present. Histories of Race, Ethnicity, and Work ; Magnitude of Racial Inequality in the New Economy ; Intergenerational Transmission of Resources ; Geographic Distribution of Race and Work Opportunity ; Racial Prejudice and Discrimination ; Racialized Jobs ; Race, Ethnicity, and Work: Social Policy -- Chapter 8. Reshaping the Contours of the New Economy. Opportunity Chasms ; Agents of Change -- Appendix. Legislative and Regulatory Time Line of Worker Rights and Protections in the United States.
- Subject(s):
- 2000-2099
- Labor market—United States
- High technology industries—United States
- Hours of labor—United States
- Industrial relations—United States
- Globalization
- Economic history
- High technology industries
- Hours of labor
- Industrial relations
- Labor market
- Technological innovations—Economic aspects
- Arbeitsmarkt
- New Economy
- Technological innovations—Economic aspects—United States
- United States
- USA
- United States—Economic conditions—21st century
- ISBN:
- 9781483358253 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1483358259 (pbk. ; alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-293) and index.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased with funds from the John and Renee Kelly Libraries Collection Endowment for the Business Library; 2016
- Endowment Note:
- John and Renee Kelly Libraries Collection Endowment for the Business Library
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