Professionals as Workers: Mental Labor in Advanced CapitalismCollection of social theory studies on the proletarianization of professional workers in advanced capitalist countries (in particular, the USA) - discusses the sociological aspects of economic theories such as Marxism and those relating to postindustrial society in relation to trends in the social class, working conditions and work attitudes of physicians, lawyers, engineers, social workers, and managers; considers the role of higher education; includes literature survey. References. |
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CHARLES DERBER | 3 |
The Emerging Postindustrial Worker | 35 |
EVE SPANGLER and PETER M LEHMAN | 63 |
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