{"product_id":"labor-economy-and-society-hardback-9780745653662","title":"Labor, Economy, and Society (Hardback) 9780745653662","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLabor, Economy, and Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey J. Sallaz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745653662, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 January 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 1.361 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“By studying labor markets, Jeffrey Sallaz investigates a field long neglected by the new economic sociology. He shows stupendously how the tools of economic sociology can be used for the analysis of labor. At the same time, he demonstrates how the analysis of labor under global capitalism enriches the conceptual toolkit of economic sociology.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJens Beckert, Director, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In this age of neoliberal ‘great transformation,’ Sallaz skillfully provides an enticing and beautifully written account of a new ‘critical economic sociology of labor’ which draws on the most recent research. ‘The embeddedness of labor within the social’ is examined through the prisms of technology, globalization, regulatory agencies, the state, emotional labor, gift-making, and much more. This book will leave its mark on economic sociology, the sociology of work and industrial relations, and our understanding of inequality-generating processes, and I recommend it with enthusiasm.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichèle Lamont, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Globalization has now exposed workers to the capricious forces of the unregulated market, rendering employment precarious, individualized, and increasingly redundant. The gross accumulation of wealth by the one percent, the impoverishment of millions of working people, and the destruction of social cohesion in the heartlands of capitalism have put in question an economic system that continues to be governed by the crude, and ultimately immoral, principles of love of gain and fear of loss of economic livelihood. Sallaz invites the reader to join the search for alternatives.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKari Polanyi-Levitt, McGill University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWork is, and always will be, a central institution of society. What makes a capitalist society unique is that it treats the human capacity to engage in labor as a basic commodity. This can be a source of dynamism, as when innovative firms raise wages to attract the best and brightest. But it can also be a source of misery, as when one’s skills are suddenly rendered obsolete by forces beyond one’s control.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeffrey J. Sallaz asks us to rethink our basic assumptions about work. Drawing on cutting-edge theories within economic sociology and through the use of contemporary examples, he conceptualizes labor as embedded exchange. This draws attention to issues that all too frequently are overlooked in our public discourse and private imaginations: how various forms of work are classified and valued; how markets for labor operate in practice; and how people can challenge the central fiction that their work is simply a commodity to be bought and sold. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis readable and engaging book is suitable for both graduate and advanced undergraduate students. It will be of interest to economic sociologists, scholars of labor, and all of those who find themselves working for a living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: What Good is Work? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Great Transformation of Work 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Classifying Labor 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Commensurating Labor 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Making Labor Markets 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Controlling Labor 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Labor and Group-Making 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Conclusion: What Good is Embeddedness? 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 190\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407324016920,"sku":"9780745653662","price":42.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745653662.jpg?v=1784161849","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/labor-economy-and-society-hardback-9780745653662","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}