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| List of Exhibits | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Mapping the Contours of Work | |
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| Scenes From the New Economy | |
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| Culture and Work | |
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| Structure and Work | |
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| Class Structures | |
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| Job Markets and Job Demands | |
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| Demography and the New Labor Force | |
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| Agency and Careers | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| New Products, New Ways of Working, and the New Economy | |
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| A Postindustrial Society? | |
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| The End of Mass Production? | |
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| New Skills? | |
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| Interactive Service Work | |
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| High-Tech Work | |
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| New Cultures of Control? | |
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| The End of Organized Labor? | |
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| A New Global Economy? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Economic Inequality, Social Mobility, and the New Economy | |
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| Are Economic Divides Narrowing or Widening in the United States? | |
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| Are Career Pathways Opening or Closing? | |
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| Missing Rungs in the Ladder | |
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| Entry Points: Securing the Good Job in Young Adulthood | |
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| Is the Global Economy Becoming More Flat or Bumpy? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Whose Jobs Are Secure? | |
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| Risk and Work: Historical and Comparative Views | |
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| How Insecure Are Workers in the New Economy? | |
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| The Costs of Job Loss and Insecurity | |
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| Responding to Insecurity: Old and New Careers | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| A Fair Day's Work? The Intensity and Scheduling of Jobs in the New Economy | |
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| Time, Intensity, and Work | |
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| How Long Are We Working? Comparative Frameworks | |
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| Working Long, Working Hard | |
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| Why Are Americans Working So Much? | |
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| Nonstandard Schedules: Jobs in a 24/7 Economy | |
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| How Americans Deal With Overwork | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Gender Chasms in the New Economy | |
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| When Did Home Work Become Nonwork? | |
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| Women's Participation in the Paid Labor Force in America | |
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| Gender Inequalities in Compensation | |
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| Socialization, Career Selection, and Career Paths | |
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| Interpersonal Discrimination in the Workplace | |
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| Structural Dimensions of Gender Discrimination | |
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| The Devaluation of Women's Work | |
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| How Job Designs Discriminate | |
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| Strategies to Bridge the Care Gaps: International Comparisons | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Race, Ethnicity, and Work: Legacies of the Past, Problems in the Present | |
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| Histories of Race, Ethnicity, and Work | |
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| African American Exceptionality | |
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| The Immigrant Experience | |
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| The Magnitude of Racial Inequality in the New Economy | |
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| Intergenerational Transmission of Resources | |
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| Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Capital | |
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| Race, Ethnicity, and Human Capital | |
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| Race, Ethnicity, and Social Capital | |
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| Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Capital | |
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| Geographic Distribution of Race and Work Opportunity | |
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| Racial Prejudice and Discrimination | |
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| Racialized Jobs | |
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| Race, Ethnicity, and Work; Social Policy | |
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| Affirmative Action | |
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| Immigration Policy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Reshaping the Contours of the New Economy | |
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| Opportunity Chasms | |
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| Class Chasms | |
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| Gender Chasms | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Chasms | |
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| International Chasms | |
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| The Agents of Change | |
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| The Role of Individuals | |
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| The Role of Activist Groups | |
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| The Role of Organized Labour | |
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| The Role of Employers | |
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| The Role of Government | |
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| The Role of International Organizations | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appendix: Legislative and Regulatory Timeline of Worker Rights and Protections in the United States | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |