R M Blackburn

Biographic Data

ID191697
NAMER M Blackburn
GIVEN NAMESR M
FAMILY NAMEBlackburn
SIGNATUREBLACKBURN R M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cambridge
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS37
TOTAL CITATIONS102
AUTHOR COUNT37
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1965
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX6

  • Value Theory and the Chinese Worker

    R M Blackburn, Robin BlackburnARTICLENew left review2009

    In answer, Blackburn explores the paradoxes of fictitious capital, underwritten by super-exploitation of China’s producers. A public-utility credit system, democratic forms of nationalization and mechanisms to socialize investment as steps towards financial dual power

  • The Puzzle of Gender Segregation and Inequality: A Cross-National Analysis

    R M BlackburnARTICLEEuropean Sociological Review2000Cited by: 23

    Journal Article The Puzzle of Gender Segregation and Inequality: A Cross-National Analysis Get access Robert M. Blackburn, Robert M. Blackburn Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jennifer Jarman, Jennifer Jarman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bradley Brooks Bradley Brooks Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Rev…

  • Gender Inequality in the Labour Market: Occupational Concentration and Segregation

    Catherine Hakim, Janet Siltanen et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1996Cited by: 13

    This user-friendly manual, which can be used for self-learning or as a teaching tool, guides readers through all stages in producing data on occupational concentration and segregation. It clarifies concepts and measures, discusses quality and availability of information, and reviews various methodological tools, using well-known statistical software packages

  • The Blackcoated Worker Revisited

    Open AccessR M BlackburnARTICLEWork Employment and Society1990References: 4

    The Blackcoated Worker was a landmark of British sociology which has had a profound influence on subsequent work, particularly in the areas of stratification and trade unionism. This new edition reproduces the original version unchanged, together with a fifty page postscript in which Lockwood reviews subsequent events and research, while firmly resisting the temptation of self-justification. The result is a valuable, up-to-date statement on lower…

  • Understanding Unemployment: The Need for a Social Perspective

    Open AccessR M BlackburnARTICLEInternational Journal of…1988Cited by: 1References: 4

    There is no shortage of arguments about the causes of unemployment and its potential solutions. The attention given to the problem is only matched by the failure to achieve a useful analysis. The article looks at why this should be so, and attempts to indicate the potential of a more social perspective for understanding the nature and causes of unemployment

  • White-Collar Unionism

    Bernard Karsh, K Prandy et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1984

  • White-Collar Work

    Toby L Parcel, K Prandy et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1984

  • White-Collar Work

    Open AccessK Prandy, A Stewart et al.BOOKWhite-Collar Work1982

    This series presents research findings of theoretical significance on subjects of social importance.It allows a wide variety of topics and approaches, though central themes are provided by economic life and social stratification.The format ranges from monographs reporting specific research to sets of original research papers on a common theme.The series is edited in Cambridge and contains books arising mainly from work carried out there.However, …

  • Injury to Insult: Unemployment, Class and Political Response

    R M Blackburn, Kay Lehman Scholzman et al.REVIEWBritish Journal of Sociology1982

  • Social Stratification and Occupations

    Trevor Jones, Alexander Turney Stewart et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1982Cited by: 1

  • Social Stratification and Occupations

    Open AccessA Stewart, K Prandy et al.BOOKSocial Stratification and…1980

  • The Working Class in the Labour Market

    David Boddy, R M Blackburn et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1980Cited by: 6

  • Part-Time Education and the 'Alternative Route

    Open AccessR M Blackburn, A Stewart et al.ARTICLESociology1980Cited by: 3

  • The Working Class in the Labour Market

    Open AccessR M Blackburn, Michael MannBOOKWorking Class in the Labour Market1979

  • Occupations and Society: Towards a Sociology of the Labour Market

    R M Blackburn, Paul D Montagna et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1979

  • Perceptions of Work: Variations within a Factory

    James W Rinehart, Huw Beynon et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1977

  • The Stability of Structural Inequality

    Open AccessAnnemie Stewart, R M BlackburnARTICLEThe Sociological Review1975Cited by: 10

  • Perceptions of Work: Variations within a Factory

    Richard L Ehrlich, Huw Beynon et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1974

  • The Test in Portugal

    R M Blackburn, Robin BlackburnARTICLENew left review1974

    The Military revolt which seized Lisbon and overthrew the Caetano government on 25 April 1974 toppled in a morning the most long lived fascist State in history and one of the most stable capitalist regimes anywhere this century. By the same stroke it set the stage for the

  • Perceptions of Work: Variations within a Factory

    Francis X Quinn, H Benyon et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1974

  • Where Have All the Robots Gone: Worker Dissatisfaction in the '70's

    David E Payne, Harold L Sheppard et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1974

  • Concepts and Measures: The Example of Unionateness

    Open AccessK Prandy, Alexander Stewart et al.ARTICLESociology1974Cited by: 1References: 5

    The purpose of this article is to take a single concept, unionateness, and to illustrate the way in which theoretical and operational considerations interact in leading to its refinement and elaboration. A distinction is introduced between enterprise and society unionateness, and the problems associated with the operationalization and measurement of each of these new concepts are discussed. The importance of measurement procedures as an intrinsic…

  • Perceptions of Work. Variations within a Factory

    Dorothy Wedderburn, Huw Beynon et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal1973Cited by: 11

    Journal Article Perceptions of Work. Variations within a Factory Get access Perceptions of Work. Variations within a Factory. By H. Beynon and R. M. Blackburn. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972. Pp. 179. 3.60 cloth, £1.80 paper.) Dorothy Wedderburn Dorothy Wedderburn Imperial College, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 83, Issue 330, 1 June 1973, Pages 627–629, h…

  • Greves revendicative ou greves politiques? Acteurs, pratiques, sens du mouvement de mai. Pierre Dubois , Renaud Dulong , Claude Durand , Sabine Erbes-Seguin , Daniel Vidal

    R M BlackburnARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1973

  • Mathematics and the Study of Social Relations, Mathematics and Sociology

    Open AccessR M BlackburnARTICLESociology1972