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Work and Social Reproduction: Two Concepts for Interpreting the Post‐Fordist Transition
Author(s) -
Mingione Enzo,
Pinnaro Gabriella
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9914.1993.tb00212.x
Subject(s) - fordism , reproduction , variety (cybernetics) , social reproduction , sociology , work (physics) , order (exchange) , transition (genetics) , cover (algebra) , economic geography , positive economics , epistemology , social science , economics , ecology , economy , computer science , engineering , biology , social capital , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , philosophy , finance , artificial intelligence , gene
This article discusses the definitions of the term “work” which could be applied to advanced industrial societies, and which cover an increasingly complex range of activities. The authors' definition can be viewed as an attempt to forge a significant link between economic and sociological analysis, in order to understand the complex connections, typical only of industrial societies, between different forms of work and employment, and the variety of patterns of social reproduction of diverse groups in different periods and contexts.