| 1. Title: Inequality and labor processes. Author: Granovetter M; Tilly C Source: In: Handbook of sociology, [edited by] Neil J. Smelser. Newbury Park, California, Sage Publications, 1988. :175-221. Abstract: The authors argue that inequalities associated with labor result from bargaining and conflict among workers, capitalists, households, organizations, and governments over the ranking of positions and the sorting of individuals and groups into those ranked positions in the 3 areas of employment categories, jobs, and labor markets. This conflict is carried out within the limits of the contenders' interpersonal networks and the resources found within those networks which are, in turn, profoundly influenced by such demographic matters as population age structure and flows of immigration, and such macroeconomic conditions as the level of aggregate demand, the composition of demand for particular products, the looseness or tightness of the labor market, and the dispensability of particular types of labor. The authors veer away from the quest for One Big Equation specifying relations between labor processes and inequality toward a series of simultaneous contingent relationships. They point to complex relationships surrounding bargaining, resources, and the means of collective action. The links that they draw between their arguments and some of the most vital current traditions in sociology and history hold the promise that the study of inequality and labor processes will break out of its isolation from other sociological problems and be seen as a special case of questions to be asked in many other contexts. Language: English Keywords: GLOBAL | DEVELOPED COUNTRIES | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | LABOR FORCE | JOB DESCRIPTION | POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS | POPULATION DYNAMICS | INEQUALITIES | MANPOWER NEEDS | MARXISM | CAPITALISM | NEEDS | Human Resources | Economic Factors | Personnel Management | Management | Organization and Administration | Demographic Factors | Population | Socioeconomic Factors | Socialism | Political Systems Document Number: 201483 |
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