Sociology › Section R · Work and the economy › Topic R.3
Work in the United States
Work pays the bills, but it also shapes identity, health and social standing. The American workplace has moved from factories to services, from lifelong jobs to more fragmented ones, and the data show who has gained and who has been left behind.
In this topic
- What work means
- Rationalising the workplace
- Deindustrialisation and polarisation
- Measuring work and joblessness
- Worked example: computing labour statistics
- Dual labour markets and precarious work
- Worked example: the app courier
- Unions in decline
- Women and immigrants at work
- The working poor and the meritocracy debate
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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