Technology and Employment Practices in Developing Countries

Originally published in 1985, this book analyses the extent to which and the way in which technological change determines the utilisation of labour in less developed economies.

Part 1: Technological Change and Labour Utilisation in Manufacturing Industry: A Review of the Literature 1. the Labour Process in the History of Economic Thought 2. Technology Related Patterns of Labour Utilisation in Developing Countries Part 2: Technology and Labour in Brazilian Industry 3. The Approach 4. The Cotton Spinning and Weaving Industry 5. The Chemical Fibre Industry 6. The Clothing Industry 7. The Hammock Industry 8. The Spinning and Weaving Industry Continued Part 3: Towards an Understanding of Industrial Labour Processes in Developing Countries 9. Classifying Technologies 10. Putting Out - Past or Present? 11. Skills and Control 12. Labour Turnover, Wages and Reliability 13. Some Policy Implications 14. The Future with Micro-electronics