Future Work (1985)

Future Work (1985)

James Robertson

Year: 1985
Authors: James Robertson
Publishers: Aldershot, Hants : Gower/Maurice Temple Smith
Pages: 248
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Discussion of future employment patterns in postindustrial society - discusses trends towards increased number of self employed, part time employment and leisure, predicting that these will increasingly replace conventional employment and that a return to full employment is unlikely; reviews historical and current changes in work attitudes and the social status and value system of work; considers sociological aspects of new work patterns in regard to the working class, etc., political aspects and social implications. References.