Work and Non-Work
Chapter 11 Further reading and weblinks
Gaffikin, F. and Morrissey, M. (eds) (1992) The New Unemployed: Joblessness and
Poverty in the Market Economy, Zed Books, London.
This edited volume contains several succinct and informative analyses of the shape of
modern unemployment, and of its causes and consequences. Particularly useful is the
article 'The UK: engineered mass unemployment' by Brendan McDonnell.
Ritzer, George (1996) The McDonaldization of Society, rev. edn., Pine Forge Press,
California, and Sage, London.
A witty book, which can bring alive sociological theory and its application to industrial
restructuring and to the experience of workers and consumers. This is recommended reading
for those students who want to 'specialise' in work and industry.
Watson, Tony J. (1995) Sociology of Work and Industry, 3rd edn, Routledge, London.
This is a useful and thorough coverage of the field. Chapter 7 on 'Conflict, challenge and
control in work' is a lively review of research, including sections on forms of adjustment
and defence - such as joking, cursing and horseplay - that are entertaining as well as
instructive.
- For a cutting-edge futurology view of the way that we will work, the 'Future of Work'
site hosted by the University of Leeds offers an ongoing analysis, at:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/esrcfutureofwork
- Although the foollowing United Nations site offers a vast array of statistical material
on a large number of subjects, it is useful for comparative data on economic activity and
unemployment:
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/social
- An online journal that covers all issues concerned with labour, leisure and urban life
is the International Journal of Urban Labour and Leisure, at:
http://www.ijull.com
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