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Focuses on a series of critical questions concerned with the restructuring of work under capitalism at the beginning of the 21st century. This book addresses a wide array of workplace settings, from traditional manufacturing settings to 'knowledge work' in high tech and university contexts.

Although nearly half a century has elapsed since Mannheim's sociology of knowledge was first developed, the precise nature of its lesson remains ambiguous. In this essay it is argued that Mannheim's work is best understood within the context of historicism, which informed many of its most basic assumptions. Mannheim's work, thus approached, is seen to be the product of an unresolved antagonism between historicism and Marxism, the two traditions between which he was torn. Mannheim's eventual relativization of Marxism, which resulted in myriad theoretical impasses, was in fact motivated by an idealist yearning for emancipation from the material world itself. It was this `ecstatic' tendency which not only framed Mannheim's epistemology, but guided the whole of his sociology of knowledge as well. The lesson of Mannheim's historicism, then, is seen to rest in its pathos: the suffering inherent in soulful flight from the world.

A global and multidisciplinary exploration of contemporary resistance. Leading researchers from around the world link theory to the realities of Occupy, Indignados, the Tea Party, the Arab Spring, Anonymous and more.

AbstractRecent research on racial inequality at work offers fruitful insights on the organizational conditions that reproduce racial segregation, racial disparities in wages, and racial hierarchies in the labor market and the workplace. Much less is known, however, about the specifically occupational influences that impinge on equitable work outcomes by race. In this paper, we explore three processes at the occupational level that relate to racial segregation, racialized access to resources, and status in one's line of work. We review research on racial inequality at work over the last 20 years to elucidate what is known, and remains to be seen, about these occupational processes. First, we review how occupational members get selected, and attempt to self‐select, into occupations via recruitment, licensing, credentialing, or certifications. Second, we consider how occupational incumbents teach, govern and evaluate new entrants, and with what consequences for racial inclusion/exclusion and retention in careers. Third, we examine research on client‐ or service‐based work, and highlight how workers navigate not only their roles, but also racial dynamics, vis‐a‐vis clients. We conclude with suggestions for how future research can harness occupational analysis to advance understanding of racial inequality at work.

The sharing economy is transforming economies around the world, entering markets for lodging, ride hailing, home services, and other sectors that previously lacked robust person-to-person alternatives. Its expansion has been contentious and its meanings polysemic. It launched with a utopian discourse promising economic, social, and environmental benefits, which critics have questioned. In this review, we discuss its origins and intellectual foundations, internal tensions, and appeal for users. We then turn to impacts, focusing on efforts to generate user trust through digital means, tendency to reconfigure and exacerbate class and racial inequalities, and failure to reduce carbon footprints. Though the transformative potential of the sharing economy has been limited by commercialization and more recently by the pandemic, its kernel insight—that digital technology can support logics of reciprocity—retains its relevance even now.