The new social economy

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"As capitalism expands and state socialism disintegrates, divisions of labor--in households, corporations and multinational networks--have been reorganized. These changes have critical implications for economic development, the distribution of power and social change. Yet the concept of division of labor has been neglected compared to class, gender, and consumption; it has typically been treated as backcloth rather than as one of the key forces of economy and society. The New Social Economy shows that the division of labor has far-reaching effects, often falsely attributed to other structural forces." "As the division of labor is reworked in practice, it needs to be retheorized, transcending the narrow boundaries of academic disciplines. In so doing, the authors provide illuminating, occasionally iconoclastic, perspectives on some of the most hotly-debated issues in contemporary social science:" "The relationship between gender and class in social theory" "The rise of a service, or post-industrial, economy" "The changing fabric of industrial organization" "Post-fordism and flexible specialization" "Japanese mass production systems" "The failure of socialist planning and the limits of market capitalism" "The scope and approach of this book, as well as the depth of its inquiry, make it essential reading in political economy, geography, and industrial sociology and economics."--BOOK JACKET.