04153oam 2200685I 450 991082308210332120240131142429.01-136-31322-20-203-11908-81-136-31323-010.4324/9780203119082 (CKB)2670000000353017(EBL)1181115(SSID)ssj0000876908(PQKBManifestationID)12400095(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000876908(PQKBWorkID)10904447(PQKB)11088510(MiAaPQ)EBC1181115(Au-PeEL)EBL1181115(CaPaEBR)ebr10691821(CaONFJC)MIL485182(OCoLC)845254219(OCoLC)841912489(FINmELB)ELB135620(EXLCZ)99267000000035301720180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBuilders class, gender and ethnicity in the construction industry /Darren ThielAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (209 p.)Routledge Advances in Ethnography ;8Description based upon print version of record.0-415-52719-8 0-415-68864-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Contracting and subcontracting: the build, its builders and their ethnic communities; 2 Managing 'in the office'; 3 Working 'on the tools'; 4 Time, recreation and workplace culture; 5 Becoming a builder and being working class; 6 Building masculinity: bodies, law and violence; 7 Economy, informality and social stratification; 8 Conclusion: cultures, capitalisms and class reproduction; Appendix A Specifications and costs of the building project; Notes; References; Index"Building workers constitute between five and ten per cent of the total labour market in almost every country of the world. They construct, repair and maintain the vital physical infrastructure of our societies, and we rely upon and trust their achievements every day. Yet we know surprisingly little about builders, the organisation of their work, or the business relations that constitute their industry. This book redresses this lacuna by taking an in depth and close-up look at a section of London building workers and businessmen, highlighting a largely hidden social world. Based on seven years of fieldwork where the author worked as a builder in London, this book describes the informal and practical cultural activities that underpin the construction economy, analysing how gifts, kick-backs, favours and loyalties served as the glue of this economy and also the fundamental frameworks for comprehending the mores and cultures of the building workers and businessmen. Thiel also explores the ethnic diversity and divisions within the trade, considering the centrality of the interrelationships of class, ethnicity and gender in the builders cultural and practical lives and showing how these factors interrelated with economy and polity to produce the building industry and its buildings.Based predominately in cultural and economic sociology, the book will also be of interest to those working in the fields of gender studies; social class and inequality; migration and ethnicity; urban studies; and social identity"--Provided by publisher.Routledge advances in ethnography ;8.Construction workersEnglandLondonConstruction industryEnglandLondonEnglandLondonfastStorbritannienLondonsaoConstruction workersConstruction industry331.7/69009421SOC026000bisacshSOC026000zThiel Darren.1650056MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823082103321Builders3999204UNINA