Abstract
This essay reviews Enrique de la Garza Toledo's anthology on atypical work, titled Trabajo no clásico, organización y acción colectiva (Vols. 1 & 2) and situates it within the larger tradition of Latin American sociology of work. It argues that the anthology merges an emphasis on labor processes in a specific industry with an attention to the subjectivities and relationships that support worker agency and labor movements. Moreover, it posits that the rich case studies on atypical work in a wide spectrum of settings in Mexico City that are included in these two volumes provide grounded material for meso-level theorizing about the factors that shape atypical work and the ways that workers in those jobs respond to them.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 270-279 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Work and Occupations |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2012 |
Keywords
- Latin American sociology of work
- Mexico
- atypical work
- informal sector
- worker subjectivity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management