Under Construction: Work and Alienation in the Building Trades - Couverture rigide

Silver, Marc L.

 
9780887063084: Under Construction: Work and Alienation in the Building Trades

Synopsis

Under Construction offers a unique examination of organization and work in the construction industry. Synthesizing organizational and labor relations orientations, it develops a comprehensive sociological perspective on work relations in construction. Silver examines the effects of local market conditions, employers' demands, and trade union activities on the daily lives of workers―skilled as well as unskilled.

The book also challenges popular myths about construction work and the building trades with analyses of construction sites, hiring practices, and workers' reactions to the conditions of their work. Under Construction powerfully demonstrates the need for new industrial approaches by concluding with a series of practical alternatives to current practices in the industry's housing sector.

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À propos de l'auteur

Marc L. Silver is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hofstra University.

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9780887063091: Under Construction: Work and Alienation in the Building Trades

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0887063098 ISBN 13 :  9780887063091
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1986
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