An lisis que representa una de las reafirmaciones m s completas de la centralidad del trabajo como campo de estudio. Su objetivo principal es, seg n el coordinador, "dar cuenta del estado del arte de la disciplina en forma ampliada desde el punto de vista de las teor as m s importantes y de los resultados de la investigaci n emp rica en nuestra regi n".

Este libro presenta una exposición sistemática del estado del arte de la sociología de acuerdo con una división temática de la misma, en cuyo desarrollo se exponen las diferentes corrientes, sus semejanzas y diferencias, así como los conceptos principales de cada perspectiva. En este libro se exponen las nuevas perspectivas teóricas en algunas de las más importantes subdisciplinas de la Sociología, sobre todo las de aquellas que parten de las crisis paradigmáticas de fines de los setenta y principios de los ochenta. Su enfoque es desde los problemas sociales de América Latina. Cada capítulo y tema planteado comprende tres partes: la primera, expone las teorías actuales más importantes sobre la temática a nivel internacional; la segunda, se centra en América Latina; la tercera, presenta los resultados de la investigación empírica, así como algunas reflexiones acerca del desarrollo de líneas de investigación necesarias; y se concluye con una bibliografía extensa y actualizada.

What makes domestic work a bad job, even after efforts to formalize and improve working conditions? Erynn Masi de Casanova's case study, based partly on collaborative research conducted with Ecuador's pioneer domestic workers' organization, examines three reasons for persistent exploitation. First, the tasks of social reproduction are devalued. Second, informal work arrangements escape regulation. And third, unequal class relations are built into this type of employment. Accessible to advocates and policymakers as well as academics, this book provides both theoretical discussions about domestic work and concrete ideas for improving women's lives. Drawing on workers' stories of lucha, trabajo, and sacrificio—struggle, work, and sacrifice—Dust and Dignity offers a new take on an old occupation. From the intimate experience of being a body out of place in an employer's home, to the common work histories of Ecuadorian women in different cities, to the possibilities for radical collective action at the national level, Casanova shows how and why women do this stigmatized and precarious work and how they resist exploitation in the search for dignified employment. From these searing stories of workers' lives, Dust and Dignity identifies patterns in domestic workers' experiences that will be helpful in understanding the situation of workers elsewhere and offers possible solutions for promoting and ensuring workers' rights that have relevance far beyond Ecuador.

The advent of transnational economic production and market integration compels sociologists of work to look beyond traditional national boundaries and build an international sociology of work in order to effectively address the human, scientific, and practical challenges posed by global economic transnationalism. The purpose of this volume is to promote transnational dialogue about the sociology of work and help build a truly international discipline in this field.

Breaking new ground and drawing on contributions from the leading academics in the field, this volume in the Global HRM Series specifically focuses on industrial relations.

Coffee from East Africa, wine from California, chocolate from the Ivory Coast - all those every day products are based on labour, often produced under appalling conditions, but always involving the combination of various work processes we are often not aware of. What is the day-to-day reality for workers in various parts of the world, and how was it in the past? How do they work today, and how did they work in the past? These and many other questions comprise the field of the global history of work – a young discipline that is introduced with this handbook. In 8 thematic chapters, this book discusses these aspects of work in a global and long term perspective, paying attention to several kinds of work. Convict labour, slave and wage labour, labour migration, and workers of the textile industry, but also workers' organisation, strikes, and motivations for work are part of this first handbook of global labour history, written by the most renowned scholars of the profession.