Overview
- Charts the development of the sociology of work in 11 European countries
- Brings to the fore the drivers and reasons for the development of the study of the sociology of work that can be neglected in more descriptive analyses
- Examines the practice of sociology and the theory both longitudinally and comparatively using the study of individual countries as a framework
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores the key conceptual features of the development of the Sociology of Work (SoW) in Europe since 1945, using eleven country case studies.
An original contribution to our understanding of the trajectory of the SoW, the chapters map the current state of the theoretical background of the sub-discipline's development to broader socio-political and economic changes, traced across a heterogeneous set of national contexts.
Different definitions of the SoW in each country often reflect variations in the focus of analysis, and these chapters link the subject definition and focus to other social science disciplines, the state, as well as social class interests and ideologies.
The book contends that the ways in which the sub-discipline makes sense of changes in work is itself a response to the type of society in which the sub-discipline is practiced, whether in the post-war social democratic West, the Soviet East, or today's societies, dominated by variant forms of neo-liberalism. It will be of use to scholars and students interested in the transnational history of the discipline of sociology, with a specific focus on the nexus between the sociology of labour, ideology, economics and politics.
Reviews
“This Handbook, with its useful summaries and analyses of SoW in these European countries, is a welcome contribution to the on-going efforts to promote cross-national dialogue about the nature and consequences of work in contemporary societies.” (Arne L. Kalleberg, La Nouvelle Revue du Travail, Issue 15, 2019)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Paul Stewart is Senior Research Professor, Sociology of Work and Employment, GEM, Grenoble ComUE Universite de Rhone-Alps, France
Jean-Pierre Durand is Professor of Sociology, University d’Évry Paris-Saclay, France, and Editor-founder of La Nouvelle Revue du Travail.
Maria-Magdalena Richea is Marie Curie ITN Alumna, ‘ChangingEmployment’ Post-Doctoral Experienced Researcher, University of Strathclyde, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of the Sociology of Work in Europe
Editors: Paul Stewart, Jean-Pierre Durand, Maria-Magdalena Richea
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93206-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93205-7Published: 14 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93206-4Published: 02 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XL, 440
Topics: Sociology of Work, Labor History, Human Resource Management