Working in America by Amy Wharton

Working in America by Amy Wharton

This leading, comprehensive text for courses on the sociology of work covers many vital new topics since the last edition (2015), just as it continues to offer foundational writings and discusses different types of jobs, inequality and intersectionality, work and family, and more. New to this edition: • The gig economy and new digital platforms and their effects on how work is organized. • Precarious work and precarious workers, changes that reflect fundamental changes in employment relationships, increased job insecurity, and how people think about their jobs. • The new retail, from customer interactions to a world where consumption is driven by data science. • The latest research on call centers as the archetypal 21st-century workplace, illustrating many important issues about interactive work, transnational workplaces, gender, etc. • The post-pandemic workplace, including essential workers and frontline workers, healthcare work and care workers; job flexibility, and implications for gender, work, and family.

"To my knowledge, there are no books that offer a wide and diverse set of readings on work experience in America"
Stephen Sweet, Ithaca College

"Working in America has been the backbone of my work courses since its publication. The articles and excerpts in this reader help my students understand work as a site where the inequalities of gender, race, class, and sexual orientation are recreated and perpetuated."
Kevin D. Henson, Loyola University Chicago

"The book offers a variety of materials that allow me the flexibility to offer a broad scope and challenging class."
William T. Clute, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Amy S. Wharton is Professor Emerita of Sociology at Washington State University, USA.

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ISBN 13	9781032058696
ISBN 10	1032058692
Titel	Working in America
Autor	Amy Wharton
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2022-12-30
Seitenanzahl	318
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.