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Builders: Class, Gender and Ethnicity in the Construction Industry

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Description for Builders: Class, Gender and Ethnicity in the Construction Industry Paperback. Series: Routledge Advances in Ethnography. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.

Building workers constitute between five and ten per cent of the total labour market in almost every country of the world. They construct, repair and maintain the vital physical infrastructure of our societies, and we rely upon and trust their achievements every day. Yet we know surprisingly little about builders, their cultures, the organization of their work or the business relations that constitute their industry. This book, based on one-year’s participant observation on a London construction site, redresses this gap in our knowledge by taking a close-up look at a section of building workers and businessmen.

By examining the organizational ... Read more

Based predominately on cultural and economic sociology, this book will also be of interest to those working in the fields of gender and organizational studies; social class and inequality; migration and ethnicity; urban studies; and social identities.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Routledge Advances in Ethnography
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415527194
SKU
V9780415527194
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Darren Thiel
Darren Thiel is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Essex. Before taking up this position, he worked in a number of different occupations including the agricultural, construction, service and military sectors. After completing his PhD in 2006 he also worked as a researcher at the Home Office and the Police Foundation, and taught sociology at the University of East ... Read more

Reviews for Builders: Class, Gender and Ethnicity in the Construction Industry
'Thiel's study sheds new light on an area of labour that has been understudied, and under theorised by ethnographers. This is a sensitive analysis of working life in the British construction industry, which tackles the most fundamental debates in labour studies with ambition and care. Thiel's book is required reading for anyone seeking to understand more about one of the ... Read more

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