Welfare Beyond the Welfare State The Employment Relationship in Brit
This book examines employee welfare in British and German companies from the 19th century through to the present day. Tracing the history of employee welfare, this comparative study reveals new issues beyond the dominant focus on the welfare state, showin
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Felix Behling
Welfare Beyond the Welfare State
Felix Behling
Welfare Beyond the Welfare State The Employment Relationship in Britain and Germany
Felix Behling Sociological Research Institute (SOFI) Göttingen, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-65222-1 ISBN 978-3-319-65223-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65223-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017952097 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: VIEW Pictures Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
This book is based on my Ph.D. research at the University of Essex. My initial interest in examining the welfare aspects of employment emerged during my student jobs stocking supermarket shelves and serving fast food. All of my co-workers and increasingly I myself used every available opportunity to influence aspects of our work and from that drew a degree of satisfaction. Managerial control and getting work done were one side of the coin; individuality and “rule adjustments” were the other. Later, working in an office, it became even clearer that my colleagues and I were making creative use of cracks in the institutional set-up and regulatory framework in order to improve our working conditions, and indeed we would be quite upset whenever our bosses tried to restrict these cracks (ultimately we grudgingly accepted it). I observed metaphorical wars over the use of microwaves in tea kitchens, the positions of desks in offices and the display of non-work-related notices and posters. Such perceptions developed into a systematic analysis of welfare at work through the lens of busine
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