International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 6 Issue 2

WORKING MOTHERS: THE IMPACT OF OCCUPATIONAL STATUS ON THE FAMILY/WORK NEXUS

Beverly H. Burris

Both work institutions and the family, capitalism and patriarchy must change if work and family are to be capable of integration by both men and women. Obviously needed changes…

DIRECT WORKERS EXPRESSION IN FRANCE A VOICE IN MANAGEMENT?

Anni Borzeix, Daniele Linhart, Denis Segrestin

Since the left came to power in 1981, French labour legislation has been redrafted. The Auroux Laws revised two‐thirds of the Labour Code and so broadly extended the rights of…

GENDER SEGREGATION AND THE DUAL ECONOMY: A STUDY OF BLUE‐COLLAR OCCUPATIONS IN U.S. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Amy S. Wharton

Gender divisions are embedded in and essential to the structure of capitalist production. While most men and women in the United States both now work for wages, they rarely work…

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR IN THE TEXTILE AND GARMENT INDUSTRY: HOW FAR DOES THE ‘BABBAGE PRINCIPLE’ EXPLAIN IT?

Diane Elson

The international division of employment in the clothing and textile industry has been changing in the last 20 years. Such employment has declined in developed market economies…

MATCHING THE MULTINATIONALS: OBSTACLES TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNIONISM

Nigel Haworth, Harvie Ramsay

Unions are the potential but secure democratic counterforce to capital. The creation of “objective conditions” for international co‐operation has preceded but must result in…

MANAGEMENT AND LABOUR IN TRANSITION: THE CASE OF ZIMBABWE

Wendy Hollway

The way in which management and related personnel practices contribute to the organisation and control of the labour process during a period of political change intended to move…

THE LABOUR PROCESS AND LABOUR MARKET IN CONSTRUCTION

G.M. Winch

The critique of the neo‐classical theory of the labour market has been growing in strength in recent years. Two main strands can be identified. The American traditions emphasise…

WORKER CO‐OPERATIVES AND THE LABOUR PROCESS

Janet Hannah, Mary Mellor, John Stirling

The need to survive in a capitalist economy provides considerable constraints within which co‐operatives must operate. Existing research has been misplaced in believing that the…