Examines effects of Harry Braverman's (1974) "Labor and Monopoly Capital" in terms of workers' participation and resistance; gendered outcomes; and changes in skill levels and control strategies. Suggests that Braverman's key premises have been overturned by research and events of the last 20 years. (SK)

To look at Maxine Hong Kingston's novel "China Men" for its mythic aspects is to overlook the fact that it is a novel about work and class. It condemns a patriarchal capitalist world that exploits both male and female workers and dissects the gender and race issues uncovered by such exploitation. (SLD)

Presents the case of radical humanism as an appropriate theory of social action within social democracies in the late 20th century, and argues that the team is a highly effective form of social organization which leads to the establishment of an organizational culture compatible with radical humanism. (JPS)

Responding to Woodward (Journal of Educational Thought; v12 n3 p190-96 Dec 1978), the author disagrees that youth's cynicism is traceable solely to the skepticism evoked by modern science. Rather, he finds it expicable in the unchallenged sway of empiricism--the dominant interpretation of science under capitalism. (Author/SJL)

Drawing from psychologist Eric Fromm's work, this article confronts the relationship between individualism on one hand, and the ability for individuals to think collectively and transform social structures on the other. States that in this context, atomization becomes a dimension of both fascism and capitalism, one that positions freedom as the…

This book offers a critical perspective in examining how the dominant power interests influence sport and its role in society. It provides insights into how government, big business, the mass media, and educational institutions gain and maintain power and wealth while sport participants and spectators look to sport for enjoyment, creative…

English as a foreign language (EFL) is seen by some as a tool for perpetuation of economic and cultural inequality, although this inequality is a result of monopoly capitalism. EFL can be used by marginalized people to challenge the effects of the global economy; labor education can play a role in this. (SK)

An interview with Noam Chomsky addresses the U.S. history of systemic inequality, oppression, and sanctioned violence that has spawned a culture of violence; poor and middle-class subsidization of the rich; and possibilities for progressive social change. (SK)

Concludes that (1) the current infatuation with corporate bigness is void of credible empirical support; (2) disproportionate corporate size and industry concentration are incompatible with and destructive to good economic performance; and (3) structurally oriented antitrust policy must be revitalized to combat the burdens of corporate bigness.…

Based on Pierre Bourdieu's work on power as symbolic violence, examines business planning's pedagogical function in Alberta, Canada's museum and cultural heritage sites. Control involves redirecting work and changing producers' identity and work understandings via construction of markets, consumers, and products. Control was achieved by pedagogic…

Based on personal ethnographic experience of "becoming the phenomenon" of migrant laborer in Canada's postsecondary education system, critically examines three anthropological perspectives--the neoclassical, the historical structuralist, and the neo-Marxist--on labor migration. Argues that both migrant laborers and sessional lecturers…

The two conference papers in this publication examine the historical origins of the subordination of women to men. In the first paper, "Unraveling the Problem of Origins: An Anthropological Search for Feminist Theory," Rayna Reiter reviews what is known and what is not known at the present time and provides a feminist critique of the gaps in our…

Although research has accomplished a great deal, dynamic theories of cultural production and reproduction are needed. The characteristics and fuctions of various theories of cultural reproduction are discussed. (JN)

Examines political aspects of international aid to education in Latin America, focusing on drastic ideological changes in the widespread shift from the liberal to the neoliberal state. Analyzes dilemmas and tensions of external aid, touching on the World Bank's roles and elements of its lending processes, particularly research policies. Addresses…

Explores the growth of literature proposing corporate spirituality as a means of motivating employees. Suggests that critical analysis articulates and advocates two entrepreneurial views of subjecthood that obscure contemporary corporate power by centering the individual as an autonomous agent. Concludes that these discourses reinforce social…