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Industries, Firms, and Jobs

Sociological and Economic Approaches

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. George Farkas

    1. School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA

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  2. Paula England

    1. School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry (SSWI)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Work Structures and Markets

      • Arne L. Kalleberg, Ivar Berg
      Pages 3-17

  3. Economic Segmentation Reconsidered

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-22
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    2. The Prospects for Economic Dualism

      • Robert T. Averitt
      Pages 23-42

    3. Careers, Industries, and Occupations

      • Jerry A. Jacobs, Ronald L. Breiger
      Pages 43-63

    4. Neoclassical and Sociological Perspectives on Segmented Labor Markets

      • Kevin Lang, William T. Dickens
      Pages 65-88

  4. Industrial Structure and Markets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-92
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    2. Structural Effects on Wages

      • George Farkas, Paula England, Margaret Barton
      Pages 93-112

    3. Schooling and Capitalism

      • E. M. Beck, Glenna S. Colclough
      Pages 113-139

    4. Market Concentration and Structural Power as Sources of Industrial Productivity

      • Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
      Pages 141-154

  5. Firms and Internal Labor Markets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-157
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    2. The Economics and Sociology of Organization

      • Oliver E. Williamson
      Pages 159-185

    3. The Sociological and Economic Approaches to Labor Market Analysis

      • Mark Granovetter
      Pages 187-216

    4. Income Determination in Three Internal Labor Markets

      • Nancy Ditomaso
      Pages 217-242

  6. The Future of Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-246
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    2. Good Jobs and Bad Management

      • Randy Hodson
      Pages 247-279

    3. Dueling Sectors

      • Leann Tigges
      Pages 281-301

    4. The Impact of Technology on Work Organization and Work Outcomes

      • William Form, Robert L. Kaufman, Toby L. Parcel, Michael Wallace
      Pages 303-328

  7. Sociological and Economic Approaches to the Study of Industries, Firms, and Jobs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 329-329
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    2. Economic and Sociological Views of Industries, Firms, and Jobs

      • Paula England, George Farkas
      Pages 331-346
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About this book

This book is a welcome reassertion of an old tradition of interdisdplinary research. That tradition has tended to atrophy in the last decade, largely because of an enormous expansion of the domain of neoc1assical economics. The expansion has fed on two sdentific developments: first, human capital theory; second, contract theory. Both developments have taken phenomena critical to the operation of the economy but previously understood in terms of categories separate and distinct from those with which economists generally work and sought to apply the same analytical techniques that we use to understand other economic problems. Human capital theory has applied conventional techniques to questions of labor supply. It began this endeavor with the supply of trained labor and then expanded to a general theory of labor supply by broadening the analysis to the allocation of time over the individual's life, the interdependendes of supply decisions within the family, and finally to the formation of the family itself. Similarly, contract theory has moved from a theory that explains the existence of c10sed economic institutions to a theory of their formation and internaioperation. The hallmark of both of these developments is the extension and applica­ tion of analytical techniques based on purposive maximization under con­ traints and the interaction of individual decision makers through a com­ petitive market or its analogue.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA

    George Farkas, Paula England

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Industries, Firms, and Jobs

  • Book Subtitle: Sociological and Economic Approaches

  • Editors: George Farkas, Paula England

  • Series Title: Springer Studies in Work and Industry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3536-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42865-4Published: 31 July 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-3538-0Published: 30 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3536-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 350

  • Topics: Business and Management, general, Political Science, Sociology, general

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