The critical study of work : labor, technology, and global production

Acknowledgments Introduction: Making Sense of Work in the 21st Century Rick Baldoz, Charles Koeber, and Philip Kraft. Part I: Continuity and Change 1. Dwelling in Capitalism, Traveling Through Socialism Michael Burawoy 2. Do Capitalist Matter in the Capitalist Labor Process? Collective Capacities, Group Interest, and Management Prerogatives, C. 1886-1904 Jeffrey Haydu Part II: Service and Service Sector Workers 3. Gender, Race, and the Organization of Reproductive Labor Evelyn Nakano Glenn 4. The Body as a Contested Terrain for Labor Control: Cosmetics Retailers in Department Stores and Direct Selling Pei-Chia Lan 5. Silent Rebellions in Capitalist Paradise: A Brazil-Quebec Comparison Angelo Soares Part III. Production and Industrial Workers 6. Flexible Despotisms: The Intensification of Insecurity and Uncertainty in the Lives of Silicon Valley's High-Tech Assembly Workers Jennifer Chun 7. The Challenge of Organizing in a Globalized/Flexible Industry: The Case of the Apparel Industry in Los Angeles Edna Bonacich 8. Transcending Taylorism and Fordism? Three Decades of Work Restructuring James Rinehart 9. Manufacturing Compromise: The Dynamics of Race and Class Among South African Shop Stewards in the 1990s Edward Webster Part IV. Professional and Technical Workers 10. "Globalization": The Next Tactic in the Fifty Year Struggle of Labor and Capital in Software Production Richard Sharpe 11. Controlling Technical Workers in Alternative Work Arrangements: Rethinking the Work Contract Peter Whalley and Peter Meiksins 12. Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace Sean O'Riain About the Contributors