Shop floor culture and politics in Egypt /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shehata, Samer S. (Samer Said), 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : SUNY Press, ©2009.
Colección:SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East.
Temas:
Textile workers > Egypt > Alexandria Region > Social conditions.
Factory system > Egypt > Alexandria Region.
Working class > Egypt > Case studies.
Travailleurs > Égypte > Études de cas.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
Economic history.
Factory system.
Social conditions.
Textile workers > Social conditions.
Working class.
Alexandria Region (Egypt) > Social conditions.
Alexandria Region (Egypt) > Economic conditions.
Egypt.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Translations and Transliterations
  • 1. Introduction
  • Approaches to Social Class and Class Structure
  • Method: Choosing Cases and Factories and the Logic of Fieldwork and Participant Observation
  • Structure of the Book
  • 2. Plastic Sandals, Tea, and Time: Shop Floor Culture and the Production of Class in Egypt
  • Workers' Experiences at Work
  • Who Is a Worker?
  • Producing Difference
  • Time and Wages
  • The Structure of the Workday
  • Shop Floor Culture
  • Conclusion.
  • 3. The Labor Process
  • The Labor Process and Resistance
  • The Production Process in the Wool Preparations Department
  • The Labor Process on the Winding Machine
  • Resistance and the Labor Process at MIDIA
  • Resistance and the Labor Process at Misr Textiles
  • Resistance Strategies Compared: MIDIA and Misr Textiles
  • Machine Design, Technology, and Workers' Practices
  • Fathy and "Output Restriction"
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Indiscipline and Unruly Practices
  • Sabotage
  • Thorstein Veblen and Sabotage
  • Resistance: Michel Foucault and James Scott
  • Theft-or-Pilfering.
  • Conclusion: Practical Knowledge and Theoretical Insight
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z.
  • Evasion and Escape: The Art of Getting Lost
  • Subversive Discourse and Narratives of Resistance
  • Conclusion
  • 5. In the Basha's House
  • The CEO as Leviathan
  • Presidential Visits
  • Engineers and Shift Supervisors
  • Musical Chairs
  • Shift Supervisors and Workers
  • The Ideology of Authoritarian Social Relations
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Ethnography, Identity, and the Production of Knowledge: Or How I Know What I Know AboutEgyptian Workers and Factories
  • Egyptian-American
  • Researcher
  • Trust
  • Class
  • Gender
  • Religion
  • Regional Background.

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