Cruddas, Jonathan (1991) An analysis of value theory, the sphere of production and contemporary approaches to the reorganisation of workplace relations. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This project considers contemporary theoretical and practical
approaches to the restructuring of work relations by engaging with dominant
traditions within micro-economic analysis. It is proposed that a full
understanding of the contemporary debates can only be achieved by locating
the various contributions within the history of social thought,
specifically in terms of the different conceptions of value within
economics which underscore different approaches to the world of capitalist
work relations.
The first section, Chapters Two and Three, considers the
theoretical premises of orthodox economics and modern sociology. On the
basis of this analysis we offer a critique of the popular 'Transaction
Costs' approach to capitalist work organisation. The second section,
Chapters Four, Five and Six, considers the dimensions of Marxist social
theory. Chapter Four studies the Marxist approach to economic relations and
the sphere of production. in Chapter Five we unify certain developments
within Marxist economics and sociology in terms of an abstract
understanding of capitalist production through a specific analysis of value
theory and the method by which it informs an analysis of how the social
relations of production endogenously determine the forces of production. in
Chapter Six we use this method to offer a critique of 'Labour Process'
theory in terms of its theoretical. understanding of the sphere of
production, in the concluding Chapters Seven and
Eight
we return to the
notion of restructuring and contemporary industrial relations analysis and
offer a critique of contemporary debate determined by our understanding of
the status of value within economics and social theory in general.

Item Type:	Thesis or Dissertation (PhD)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Industrial relations, Communism and society, Economics -- Sociological aspects, Marxian economics
Official Date:	July 1991
Dates:	Date Event July 1991 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	School of Industrial and Business Studies
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Nolan, Peter
Extent:	vii, 286 leaves
Language:	eng

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