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Work Stress: The Making of a Modern Epidemic

Work Stress: The Making of a Modern Epidemic

Wainwright and Calnan
Wainwright, David
Calnan, Michael

Paperback

Health GeneralAnthropologyGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 0335207073
ISBN13: 9780335207077
Publisher: Open Univ Pr
Published: Jun 1 2002
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.04 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
This is a very comprehensive book on the subject matter with references that users can access and follow through. It is well structured and the writing style is appropriate for a wide range of students.

Mo Nowrung, University of East Anglia, UK

We are facing an epidemic of work stress. But why should problems at work which previously led to industrial disputes and political activity now be experienced as a cause of physical or mental illness? This book combines a critique of the scientific evidence relating to work stress, with an account of the social, historical and cultural changes that produced this phenomenon. The analysis is grounded in workers' accounts of their experiences of work stress, derived from the authors' qualitative research. Sociological theories of embodiment, emotions and medicalization are employed to explore the role of subjectivity in mediating the relationship between work and ill health.

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