Builders : Class, Gender and Ethnicity in the Construction Industry.

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thiel, Darren
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge advances in ethnography.
Temas:
Construction workers > England > London.
Construction industry > England > London.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Ouvriers de la construction > Angleterre > Londres.
Construction > Industrie > Angleterre > Londres.
Construction industry
Construction workers
England > London
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Contracting and subcontracting: the build, its builders and their ethnic communities; 2 Managing 'in the office'; 3 Working 'on the tools'; 4 Time, recreation and workplace culture; 5 Becoming a builder and being working class; 6 Building masculinity: bodies, law and violence; 7 Economy, informality and social stratification; 8 Conclusion: cultures, capitalisms and class reproduction; Appendix A Specifications and costs of the building project; Notes; References; Index

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