How are we to make sense of the way work is organised and controlled? To what extent is its design the result of technological demands, the interests of capital or processes of negotiation and struggle? In recent years labour process analysis, revived by Braverman's Labor and Monopoly Capital, has been most influential in shaping our thinking about this question. With contributions from leading authorities in the field, this book reviews the contribution of the labour process theory to the study of work organisation. Providing a fresh response to criticisms of 'Bravermania' and lost momentum,...
How are we to make sense of the way work is organised and controlled? To what extent is its design the result of technological demands, the interests ...
The papers in this volume examine the conditions and consequences of micro-electronic technology within one or more of various spheres of the labour process.
The papers in this volume examine the conditions and consequences of micro-electronic technology within one or more of various spheres of the labour p...