In
The Transformation of the New Economy, editors Robert Perrucci and Carolyn C. Perrucci critically examine existing conditions in the workplace and discuss the political and economic forces that have shaped them. The book explores established practices governing how products are produced, how work is organized, and who comprises the labor force.
Perrucci and Perrucci examine computerized production technology, global production chains, and the international division of labor as products of political struggles between corporations, workers, and the government. The outcomes of these struggles have produced our global economy, made jobs less secure, and kept wages of average Americans from growing the way they did post-World War II. These outcomes have also led to downsizing in the workplace, restructuring the social organization of work, and outsourcing jobs to other countries.
This anthology illustrates how the new economy has affected:
* Job opportunities and income for workers of different gender, race, and class.
* Working conditions of professionals, factory workers, and workers in the service economy.
* Family life of parents, children, and dual earners.
The closing section of the book focuses on policy changes that could improve the conditions of workers in the new economy--with specific attention to raising wages, better access to health care, and company policies that empower workers.
Introduction: Work and the New Economy
Part I: Historical Background for the New Economy
1. The Way It Was: Factory Labor Before 1915, Sanford M. Jacoby
2. Scientific Management, Harry Braverman
3. Bureaucratic Control, Richard Edwards
4. On Alienation, Karl Marx
Part II: How Globalization, Technology, and Organization Affect Work
A. Globalization
5. Neoliberal Globalization, Dan Clawson
6. Global Economy and Privileged Class, Robert Perrucci and Earl Wysong
7. The Price of Jobs Lost, Louis Uchitelle and N. R. Kleinfield
8. Grapes and Green Onions, David Bacon
9. Workers Wanted: Employer Recruitment of Immigrant Labor, Nestor Rodriguez
B. Technology
10. Technology: The "Great Growling Engine of Change", Peter Dicken
11. Worker Skills and Computer-Mediated Work, Shoshana Zuboff
12. They Used to Use a Ball and Chain: Technology's Impact on the Workplace, Jill Andresky Fraser
13. How Computers Change Work and Pay, Frank Levy and Richard J. Murnane
C. Organization
14. Flexible Firms and Labor Market Segmentation: Effects of Workplace Restructuring on Jobs and Workers, Arne L. Kalleberg
15. Bureaucratic Bloat, David M. Gordon
16. Just a Temp, Jackie Rogers
Part III: The Changing Face of Work
A. Opportunities and Income
17. Gender, Race, and Income Gaps, Richard Hogan and Carolyn Perrucci
18. Inequality at Work: Wages and Promotion, Chris Tilly and Charles Tilly
19. "Soft" Skills and Race, Philip Moss and Chris Tilly
20. Glass Ceilings and Glass Escalators, David J. Maume, Jr.
B. Professional Work
21. The Organization of Mass Production Law, Jerry L. Van Hoy
22. Unlikely Rebels, Stephen R. Barley and Gideon Kunda
23. Professionalization and Work Intensification, Robert L. Brannon
C. Life on the Factory Floor
24. Why Teamwork Fails: Obstacles to Workplace Change in Four Manufacturing Plants, Steven P. Vallas
25. Inside a Japanese Transplant, Laurie Graham
26. Being Broken In: The First Two Weeks, Richard M. Pfeffer
D. Service Work
27. Gender and Service Delivery, Barbara A. Gutek, Bennett Cherry, and Markus Groth
28. Over the Counter: McDonalds, Robin Leidner
29. Wal-Mart, Barbara Ehrenreich
Part IV: Work and Family Connections
30. Envisioning the Integration of Family and Work, Jennifer L. Glass
31. Overworked Individuals or Overworked Families?, Jerry A. Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson
32. Scaling Back: Dual-Earner Couples' Work-Family Strategies, Penney Edgell Becker and Phyllis Moen
33. Home-to-Job and Job-to-Home Spillover: The Impact of Company Policies and Workplace Culture, Sue Falter Mennino, Beth A. Rubin, and April Brayfield
Part V: Emerging Issues
A. Policies for Work and Family
34. The Reluctant American Welfare State: Opting Out of Public Responsibility, Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers
35. The Relationship Between Work-Life Policies and Practices and Employee Loyalty, Patricia V. Roehling, Mark V. Roehling, and Phyllis Moen
36. The Family Responsive Workplace, Jennifer L. Glass and Sarah Beth Estes
B. Revitalizing the Workplace
37. The Challenge of Organizing in a Globalized Flexible Industry: The Case of the Apparel Industry in Los Angeles, Edna Bonacich
38. Lessons From Living-Wage Campaigns, Stephanie Luce
39. Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business and Bad Medicine, Donald L. Barlett and James
40. Promising Practices: How Employers Improve Their Bottom Lines by Addressing the Needs of Lower-Wage Workers, Stacy S. Kim, Marta Lopez, and James T. Bond