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Sociological Futures and the Sociology of Work

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Strangleman Tim

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

sociological research online

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593

H-Index - 49

ISSN - 1360-7804

DOI - 10.5153/sro.1198

Subject(s) - sociology , industrial sociology , futures contract , field (mathematics) , subject (documents) , history of sociology , state (computer science) , sociological theory , sociological research , social science , epistemology , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , philosophy , mathematics , algorithm , library science , computer science , financial economics , pure mathematics , engineering , economics

This essay is a response to the call for a discussion about future trends insociology by focusing broadly on the sub-discipline of work and employment. Indoing so the piece directly engages with earlier interventions made by JohnScott (2005) and Gayle Letherby (2005) in Sociological Research Online. Itexamines the current state of the sociology of work by charting its foundationand subsequent development. It suggests that there is currently a problem in thearea caused in part by intellectual trends and fragmentation. It argues thatthose sociologists working in the field need to engage collectively in areflective process to refocus the subject combining elements from its ‘goldenage’ as well as from more contemporary sources.

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