Space, Value, and Mobility Across the Neoliberal Americas
Exposing and challenging the taken-for-granted assumptions around questions of space, value and mobility that are sustained by neoliberal treatments of culture, this work explores the hierarchies of cultural workers that these engender, as they play out in a variety of settings, from art galleries in New York to tango tourism in Buenos Aires.
The Debate over Working Mothers and Work-Family Balance
Makes the case that women who leave the workplace are being pushed out by a work environment that is hostile to women, to children, and to the demands of family care-giving
The Debate over Working Mothers and Work-Family Balance
A collection of essays by the leading scholars in the field of work and family research, in which contributors illustrate that the desire to balance both work and family demands continues to be a point of unresolved concern for families and employers alike and women's equity within the workforce still falls behind.
Nannies, Childcare, and Caribbeans Creating Community
Offers an in-depth look at the daily lives of childcare providers, examining the important roles they play in the families whose children they help to raise
Nannies, Childcare, and Caribbeans Creating Community
Offers an in-depth look at the daily lives of childcare providers, examining the important roles they play in the families whose children they help to raise
Clerks and the Quest for Capital in Nineteenth-Century America
Illuminates the power of the ideology of self-making and the important contests over the meanings of respectability, manhood, and citizenship that helped to determine who clerks were and who they would become.
In this new edition of Why Unions Matter, Michael D. Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for their members; they force employers to treat employees with dignity and respect; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to make society both more democratic and egalitarian. Yates uses ......
Embedded With Organized Labor describes how union members have organized successfully, on the job and in the community, in the face of employer opposition now and in the past. The author has produced a provocative series of essays-an unusual exercise in "participatory labor journalism" useful to any reader concerned about social and economic ......
Combining detailed case studies with lucid analysis and graphic prose, the author looks at what the new landscape of contingent employment means for workers across national, class, and racial lines-from the emerging creative class of high-wage professionals to the multitudes of temporary, migrant, or low-wage workers.
Life, Power, and Social Inclusion in the New Economy
A collection of essays on the complexities of the modern-day workplace. It offers insight on the realities of the workplace, and their effects on life at home and in communities. It addresses issues from disability rights to immigrant labor, welfare reforms to budget cuts, competition to personal motivations.
The Fast-Paced, Disorienting World of the Flight Attendant
The life of the flight attendant, stewardess, was supposedly once one of glamour, exotic travel and sexual freedom, as depicted in such films as Catch Me If You Can and View From the Top. Containing portraits of flight attendants, this book aims to show the behind-the-scenes stories of daily life for the flight attendant.
