Miriam Glucksmann aka Ruth Cavendish (University of Essex)

Broschiertes Buch

Women on the Line

Beschreibung

Women on the Line is a pioneering ethnographic classic of the world of work in a British motor components factory. Miriam Glucksmann, a well-known contributor to the study of gender, work and employment, is here revealed as the author. The book addresses enduring issues of ethnicity, gender and class in global manufacturing.

Autor

Miriam Glucksmann is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex. She has made a major contribution to the understanding of work, employment and gender, and the connections between different forms of labour. Women on the Line was her first research-based book in this area, followed by Women Assemble (1990), Cottons and Casuals (2000), and the jointly-edited A New Sociology of Work? (2005). She has held many research fellowships and visiting professorships at home and abroad, and is a Fellow of the British Academy. As an ESRC Professorial Fellow she recently completed a three year research programme on 'Transformations of Work: New Frontiers, Shifting Boundaries, Changing Temporalities'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780415476423
• ISBN-10: 0415476429
• Artikelnr.: 26106296