Déclin ou redéploiement ? La sociologie du travail au Royaume-Uni

This paper takes issue with once influential accounts regarding the development and current power of the Sociology of work (SoW) in the UK by challenging the mythologies that have arisen in this sub-discipline’s wake. It relies on a sociological analysis of the political, organisational and social f...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7aafbe37ae8a456a9ebaa71fec29e5c52021-12-02T10:42:32ZDéclin ou redéploiement ? La sociologie du travail au Royaume-Uni2263-898910.4000/nrt.9672https://doaj.org/article/7aafbe37ae8a456a9ebaa71fec29e5c52021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nrt/9672https://doaj.org/toc/2263-8989This paper takes issue with once influential accounts regarding the development and current power of the Sociology of work (SoW) in the UK by challenging the mythologies that have arisen in this sub-discipline’s wake. It relies on a sociological analysis of the political, organisational and social forces that have shaped this branch in question, as well as on a comprehensive examination of its broad and complex canon. The approach enables a refutation of previous orthodoxies suggesting that a clearly defined SoW only existed previously in (and emerged from) the narrow confines of Sociology departments - and that a ‘Golden Age’ of SoW research therefore existed in the post-WWII era, one whose demise inexorably led to the sub-discipline’s own decline. These misinterpretations are politically problematic in that they laud an era of research that neglected complex and important questions relating to who holds power; how such power is exercised; and how social inequality is reproduced through work and employment. Critical feedback has revealed that such interpretations of SoW are far too narrow. The paper overturns conventional wisdom about the sub-discipline’s contemporary importance and relevance. Where others have identified decline, it explores SoW’s relationship to power and inequality as well as the scope of its impact - concluding that it has far spread beyond the narrow confines of academia and therefore offers a real opportunity for radical social change.Carol StephensonPaul StewartLa Nouvelle Revue du TravailarticleUKsociologycriticalityworkbusiness/management schoolsLabor. Work. Working classHD4801-8943Sociology (General)HM401-1281FRLa Nouvelle Revue du Travail, Vol 19 (2021)
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topic UK
sociology
criticality
work
business/management schools
Labor. Work. Working class
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Sociology (General)
HM401-1281
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sociology
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Labor. Work. Working class
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Carol Stephenson
Paul Stewart
Déclin ou redéploiement ? La sociologie du travail au Royaume-Uni
description This paper takes issue with once influential accounts regarding the development and current power of the Sociology of work (SoW) in the UK by challenging the mythologies that have arisen in this sub-discipline’s wake. It relies on a sociological analysis of the political, organisational and social forces that have shaped this branch in question, as well as on a comprehensive examination of its broad and complex canon. The approach enables a refutation of previous orthodoxies suggesting that a clearly defined SoW only existed previously in (and emerged from) the narrow confines of Sociology departments - and that a ‘Golden Age’ of SoW research therefore existed in the post-WWII era, one whose demise inexorably led to the sub-discipline’s own decline. These misinterpretations are politically problematic in that they laud an era of research that neglected complex and important questions relating to who holds power; how such power is exercised; and how social inequality is reproduced through work and employment. Critical feedback has revealed that such interpretations of SoW are far too narrow. The paper overturns conventional wisdom about the sub-discipline’s contemporary importance and relevance. Where others have identified decline, it explores SoW’s relationship to power and inequality as well as the scope of its impact - concluding that it has far spread beyond the narrow confines of academia and therefore offers a real opportunity for radical social change.
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title Déclin ou redéploiement ? La sociologie du travail au Royaume-Uni
title_short Déclin ou redéploiement ? La sociologie du travail au Royaume-Uni
title_full Déclin ou redéploiement ? La sociologie du travail au Royaume-Uni
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