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The New Spirit of Capitalism
Luc Boltanski,Eve Chiapello +1 more
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A century after the publication of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism, a major new work examines network-based organization, employee autonomy and post-Fordist horizontal work structures.Abstract:
A century after the publication of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism, a major new work examines network-based organization, employee autonomy and post-Fordist horizontal work structures.read more
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Access to legal work experience and its role in the (re)production of legal professional identity
Andrew Francis,Hilary Sommerlad +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on a preliminary exploration of legal work experience, using data generated through collaboration with the Law Society in a survey of law firms, complemented by qualitative analysis of material obtained from firms' websites and discussion boards.
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The next available agent: work organisation in Indian call centres
Mohan Thite,Bob Russell +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the employee perception of work organisation in four large Indian call centres to investigate causes of employee dissatisfaction and turnover, and find that profound mismatch between the offshored labour market and the labour process pose fundamental challenges that may not be susceptible to easy HR fixes.
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What Works in Education and Social Welfare? A Mapping of the Evidence Discourse and Reflections upon Consequences for Professionals
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors map major sources and trajectories of the evidence discourse and argue that education and social welfare professions may profit from adopting evidence as a floating signifier, and introduce an analytical distinction between external and internal forms of evidence.
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The Cables and the Power. Mobilising Space, Mobilising for Space in the Palestinian refugee camps of Beirut (2014-2017)
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the dimension spatiale des mobilisations dans les camps de refugies palestiniens de Beyrouth, i.e.situes aux marges (geographiques et sociales) des grandes villes libanaises depuis leur constitution a la fin des annees 1940, les camps of refugie ont fait l'objet de tres nombreuses etudes, particulierement depois les annes 1970.
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Interveillance: A New Culture of Recognition and Mediatization
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the concept of interveillance is needed, and must be distinguished from surveillance, in order to critically assess the everyday mutual sharing and disclosure of private information (of many different kinds).
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A thousand plateaus : capitalism and schizophrenia
TL;DR: In this paper, a translation of the poem "The Pleasures of Philosophy" is presented, with a discussion of concrete rules and abstract machines in the context of art and philosophy.
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The Economic Institutions of Capitalism
TL;DR: The 2008 crash has left all the established economic doctrines - equilibrium models, real business cycles, disequilibria models - in disarray as discussed by the authors, and a good viewpoint to take bearings anew lies in comparing the post-Great Depression institutions with those emerging from Thatcher and Reagan's economic policies: deregulation, exogenous vs. endoge- nous money, shadow banking vs. Volcker's Rule.
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The Society of the Spectacle
TL;DR: The Society of the Spectacle as mentioned in this paper is one of the most influential theoretical works for a wide range of political and revolutionary practice in the 1960s, and it has been widely used in the literature since.
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Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting
TL;DR: Relevance Lost as mentioned in this paper is an overview of the evolution of management accounting in American business, from textile mills in the 1880s and the giant railroad, steel, and retail corporations, to today's environment of global competition and computer-automated manufacturers.