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Labour Process Theory

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. David Knights

    1. UMIST, Manchester, UK

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  2. Hugh Willmott

    1. UMIST, Manchester, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in the Labour Process (SLP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • David Knights, Hugh Willmott
    Pages 1-45

  6. Labour and Labour Process

    • Mark Wardell
    Pages 153-176

  10. Fragmented Labours

    • Gibson Burrell
    Pages 274-296

  11. Subjectivity, Power and the Labour Process

    • David Knights
    Pages 297-335

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 379-386
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About this book

How are we to make sense of the way work is organised and controlled? To what extent is its design the result of technological demands, the interests of capital or processes of negotiation and struggle? In recent years labour process analysis, revived by Braverman's Labor and Monopoly Capital , has been most influential in shaping our thinking about this question. With contributions from leading authorities in the field, this book reviews the contribution of the labour process theory to the study of work organisation. Providing a fresh response to criticisms of 'Bravermania' and lost momentum, the volume explores the theoretical foundations of labour process analysis and suggests new directions for its development
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Keywords

  • assessment
  • capital
  • conflict
  • design
  • development
  • foundation
  • interest
  • labour
  • organization
  • production
  • science and technology
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Editors and Affiliations

  • UMIST, Manchester, UK

    David Knights, Hugh Willmott

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About the editors

DAVID KNIGHTS is a Senior Lecturer in the Manchester School of Management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He has conducted research into industrial relations, equal opportunities for ethnic minorities and sex discrimination in recruitment. He has published in sociology and management journals. He is co-author of 'Managing the Multi-Racial Workforce' and co-editor of a number of books on the labour process.

HUGH WILLMOTT is a Lecturer in the Manchester School of Management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. His recent research has been on ESRC funded studies of accounting regulation and the strategic development of the personnel specialism. He has published in a wide range of social science journals and is co-editor of a number of books on the labour process.
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