In this illuminating study of working life, leading experts in the sociology of work draw on decades of large-scale survey data to consider various notions of the quality of work in the Britain. Exploring data on hundreds of occupations, it charts why some occupations feel more rewarding than...

"Changing attitudes, living patterns and technologies are transforming our relationship with work in such fundamental ways that tomorrow's workplace will be barely recognisable to that of our parents. To help us make sense of these changes Richard Donkin has examined the forces and themes that...

Introduction : labour process theory in retrospect and prospect -- Debating labour process theory and the sociology of work -- Developing labour process analysis : themes from industrial sociology and future directions -- Labour process theory and critical realism -- The core theory : critiques,...