LEADER 04153oam 2200685I 450 001 9910823082103321 005 20240131142429.0 010 $a1-136-31322-2 010 $a0-203-11908-8 010 $a1-136-31323-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203119082 035 $a(CKB)2670000000353017 035 $a(EBL)1181115 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000876908 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12400095 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000876908 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10904447 035 $a(PQKB)11088510 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1181115 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1181115 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10691821 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL485182 035 $a(OCoLC)845254219 035 $a(OCoLC)841912489 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB135620 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000353017 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuilders $eclass, gender and ethnicity in the construction industry /$fDarren Thiel 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Advances in Ethnography ;$v8 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-52719-8 311 $a0-415-68864-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $a"Building workers constitute between five and ten per cent of the total labour market in almost every country of the world. They construct, repair and maintain the vital physical infrastructure of our societies, and we rely upon and trust their achievements every day. Yet we know surprisingly little about builders, the organisation of their work, or the business relations that constitute their industry. This book redresses this lacuna by taking an in depth and close-up look at a section of London building workers and businessmen, highlighting a largely hidden social world. Based on seven years of fieldwork where the author worked as a builder in London, this book describes the informal and practical cultural activities that underpin the construction economy, analysing how gifts, kick-backs, favours and loyalties served as the glue of this economy and also the fundamental frameworks for comprehending the mores and cultures of the building workers and businessmen. Thiel also explores the ethnic diversity and divisions within the trade, considering the centrality of the interrelationships of class, ethnicity and gender in the builders cultural and practical lives and showing how these factors interrelated with economy and polity to produce the building industry and its buildings.Based predominately in cultural and economic sociology, the book will also be of interest to those working in the fields of gender studies; social class and inequality; migration and ethnicity; urban studies; and social identity"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge advances in ethnography ;$v8. 606 $aConstruction workers$zEngland$zLondon 606 $aConstruction industry$zEngland$zLondon 607 $aEngland$zLondon$2fast 607 $aStorbritannien$zLondon$2sao 615 0$aConstruction workers 615 0$aConstruction industry 676 $a331.7/69009421 686 $aSOC026000$2bisacsh 686 $aSOC026000$2z 700 $aThiel$b Darren.$01650056 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823082103321 996 $aBuilders$93999204 997 $aUNINA