Capitalism and Labor - Towards Critical Perspectives

Contents

Introduction: Theorizing Capitalism and Labor: Challenges for Sociology – Klaus Dörre, Nicole Mayer-Ahuja, Dieter Sauer

I. The Sociology of Work and the Critique of Capitalism

Sociology of Work and the Critique of Capitalism: Mistakes, Limits, PossibilitiesChristoph Deutschmann

Work—More than Employment? Critique of Capitalism and the Sociology of Work – Sarah Nies, Dieter Sauer

Landnahme through Tests: A Useful Concept for the Sociology of Work – Klaus Dörre, Tine Haubner

II. What Do Theories of Capitalism Contribute to the Sociology of Work?

Diverging Views on Capitalism and Work: How Feminist Analyses of Capitalism Relate to the Theory of Capitalism and the Sociology of Work – Brigitte Aulenbacher

The Theory of Regulation and Labor Policy – Hans-Jürgen Bieling

Subalternity and the Social Division of Labor: Sociology of Work meets Materialist State Theory – Stefanie Hürtgen, Jens Wissel

Work and Critical Theory: An Unfinished Project – David Strecker

Capitalist Society: A View from the Theory of Functional Differentiation – Uwe Schimank

Financial Market Capitalism or Financial Market Rationality? – Jürgen Kädtler

Re-Constructing the Future—Flexibilization and the Temporality ofCapitalismHajo Holst

III. What Does the Sociology of Work Contribute to the Critique of Capitalism?

Serfdom—(Lost) Love’s Labor—ServiceIndustries: Services from Feudal Times to Late Capitalism – Cornelia Klinger

Work and Reproduction – Kerstin Jürgens

Labor, Insecurity, Informality – Nicole Mayer-Ahuja

Work and Subjectivity – Stephan Voswinkel

Informatization as Force of Production: The Informatized Mode of Production as Basis of a New Phase of Capitalism – Andreas Boes, Tobias Kämpf

Capitalist Work Organization and Self-activity – Harald Wolf

Work and Consumption: A New Perspective for Economic Democracy – Jörn Lamla

Work and Sustainability – Stefanie Hiß

IV. Theory of Capitalism and Critique of Capitalism

Growth Critique as Critique of Capitalism – Birgit Mahnkopf

Work and Alienation – Hartmut Rosa

Social Critique and Trade Unions—Outlines of a Troubled Relationship – Hans-Jürgen Urban

Work and Societal Legitimation: What a Normative Sociology of Work and Industrial Relations Can Contribute to the Theory of Capitalism – Wolfgang Menz

In Lieu of a Conclusion: Towards Critical Perspectives – Klaus Dörre, Nicole Mayer-Ahuja, Dieter Sauer

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