Capitalism and Labor

Der Gesellschaftstheorie ist die Arbeit und mit ihr die empirische Fundierung abhandengekommen, der Arbeitssoziologie die Theorie - aufgrund dieses Befundes wurde "Kapitalismustheorie und Arbeit" zum Standardwerk. Die Autorinnen und Autoren diskutieren nun in der aktualisierten englischen Auflage des Bandes die gegenwärtigen theoretischen Ansätze, um Kapitalismus und Arbeit wieder zusammenzudenken.

Klaus Dörre ist Professor am Institut für Soziologie der Universität Jena. Nicole Mayer-Ahuja ist Professorin am SOFI der Universität Göttingen. Dieter Sauer ist Professor am ISF München. Volker Wittke (1957 - 2012) war Professor am SOFI an der Universität Göttingen.

ContentsIntroductionTheorizing Capitalism and Labor: Challenges for Sociology 11Klaus Dörre, Nicole Mayer-Ahuja and Dieter SauerI. The Sociology of Work and the Critique of CapitalismSociology of Work and the Critique of Capitalism:Mistakes, Limits, Possibilities 35Christoph DeutschmannWork-More than Employment?Critique of Capitalism and the Sociology of Work 44Sarah Nies and Dieter SauerLandnahme through Tests:A Useful Concept for the Sociology of Work 71Klaus Dörre and Tine HaubnerII. 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 115Brigitte AulenbacherThe Theory of Regulation and Labor Policy 128Hans-Jürgen BielingSubalternity and the Social Division of Labor:Sociology of Work meets Materialist State Theory 143Stefanie Hürtgen and Jens WisselWork and Critical Theory: An Unfinished Project 157David StreckerCapitalist Society:A View from the Theory of Functional Differentiation 171Uwe SchimankFinancial Market Capitalism or Financial Market Rationality? 185Jürgen KädtlerRe-Constructing the FutureFlexibilization and the Temporality of Capitalism 201Hajo HolstIII. What Does the Sociology of Work Contribute to the Critique of Capitalism?Serfdom-(Lost) Love's Labor-Service Industries:Services from Feudal Times to Late Capitalism 227Cornelia KlingerWork and Reproduction 241Kerstin JürgensLabor, Insecurity, Informality 257Nicole Mayer-AhujaWork and Subjectivity 269Stephan VoswinkelInformatization as Force of Production: The Informatized Mode of Production as Basis of a New Phase of Capitalism 283Andreas Boes and Tobias KämpfCapitalist Work Organization and Self-activity 302Harald WolfWork and Consumption:A New Perspective for Economic Democracy 318Jörn LamlaWork and Sustainability 335Stefanie HißIV. Theory of Capitalism and Critique of CapitalismGrowth Critique as Critique of Capitalism 349Brigit MahnkopfWork and Alienation 368Hartmut RosaSocial Critique and Trade UnionsOutlines of a Troubled Relationship 378Hans-Jürgen UrbanWork and Societal Legitimation:What a Normative Sociology of Work and Industrial Relations Can Contribute to the Theory of Capitalism 400Wolfgang MenzIn Lieu of a Conclusion: Towards Critical Perspectives 415Klaus Dörre, Nicole Mayer-Ahuja and Dieter SauerAuthors 427Index 431