The Sociology of Work in Latin America

A Complex Development and Current Challenges

Bibliographic Data

ID2363232
AuthorsLaís Abramo (United Nations Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social, Santiago, Chile), Laís W Abramo (0000-0002-3385-4446, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume25
Issue3
Pages305-332
Publication date1998-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork and Occupations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0730888498025003003
OpenAlexW2029538424
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited8

This article on the development of the sociology of work in Latin America addresses changes in the main themes, interdisciplinary relationships, and research methodologies during three periods, beginning in the 1950s. During this era, the themes shifted from modernization, to working-class organization under democracy and dictatorship, and, most recently, to structural adjustment and economic globalization. The sociology of work has become increasingly linked to other social sciences, history, management, and industrial engineering. Researchers use an array of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Current challenges for the discipline in Latin America include the relationships between the labor process and labor markets, and between intrafirm processes and interfirm connections, and the introduction of gender and labor culture perspectives into the analysis of new production paradigms

Democracy · Dictatorship · Economic growth · Economic sociology · Economics · Globalization · Historical sociology · Industrial sociology · Latin Americans · Modernization theory · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · International Labor and Employment Law · Labor Movements and Unions · Law

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