Donated by Sue Ledwith

Includes bibliographical references and index.

INTRODUCTION -- Work restructuring and the crisis of social reproduction: a southern perspective / Karl von Holdt, Edward Webster -- THEME ONE: THE END OF THE RACIAL DIVISION OF LABOUR? SKILLS, WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AND EMPLOYMENT EQUITY -- Political transition and the changing workplace order in a South African steelworks / Karl von Holdt -- Post-colonial workplace regimes in the engineering industry in South Africa / Andries Bezuidenhout -- New fault lines in the countryside: restructuring in the Western Cape wine industry / Joachim Ewart, Andries du Toit -- THEME TWO: EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION AND PRODUCTIVITY -- 'If you can't measure it, you can't manage it': reorganization of work and performance at two fish processing firms / Johann Maree, Shane Godfrey -- Trade liberalisation and work restructuring in post-apartheid South Africa: a case study of BMW / David Masondo -- Self-directed work teams in a post-apartheid gold mine: perspectives from the rockface / Timothy Sizwe Phakathi -- Beyond marshmallow mountain: workplace change in the New South Africa / David Dickinson -- THEME THREE: WORKING IN THE SERVICE SECTOR -- The 'market hegemonic' workplace order in food retailing / Bridget Kenny -- Transition in the post-apartheid regional workplace: Shoprite in Zambia / Darlene Miller -- New work order or more of the same? Call centres in South Africa / Rahmat Omar -- THEME FOUR: THE GROWING TREND OF CASUALISATION: IS A NEW WORK PARADIGM NEEDED? -- Employment is not what it used to be: the nature and impact of work restructuring in South Africa / Jan Theron -- The consequences of South Africa's economic transition: the remnants of the footwear industry / Sarah Moseotsa -- Women and work restructuring in the Cape Town clothing industry / Christi van der Westhuizen -- THEME FIVE: THE SELF-EMPLOYED: WORKING POOR OR POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURS? -- Rural enterprise: work on the margins / Kate Philip -- New forms of work and the representational gap: a Durban case study / Edward Webster -- THEME SIX: NEGOTIATING WORKPLACE CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR -- 'Saving government from itself': trade union engagement with the restructuring of Spoornet / Karl von Holdt -- After apartheid: decay or reconstruction in a public hospital? / Karl von Holdt, Bethuel Maserumule.