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Stratification and Work in Contemporary Logistics Penn, R. (2016). Stratification and Work in Contemporary Logistics. Turkish Journal of Sociology, 36(1), 125- 142. http://tjs.istanbul.edu.tr/en/article/stratification-and-work-in-contemporary-logistics/ Published in: Turkish Journal of Sociology Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Queen's University Belfast - Research Portal: Link to publication record in Queen's University Belfast Research Portal Publisher rights Copyright © 2016 Istanbul University Department of Sociology This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Queen's University Belfast Research Portal is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The Research Portal is Queen's institutional repository that provides access to Queen's research output. Every effort has been made to ensure that content in the Research Portal does not infringe any person's rights, or applicable UK laws. If you discover content in the Research Portal that you believe breaches copyright or violates any law, please contact [email protected]. Download date:16. Sep. 2020

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Stratification and Work in Contemporary Logistics

Penn, R. (2016). Stratification and Work in Contemporary Logistics. Turkish Journal of Sociology, 36(1), 125-142. http://tjs.istanbul.edu.tr/en/article/stratification-and-work-in-contemporary-logistics/

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Received: December 25, 2015 Revision received: June 7, 2016Accepted: June 21, 2016 OnlineFirst: August 30, 2016

Copyright © 2016 � Istanbul University Department of Sociologytjs.istanbul.edu.tr/en

DOI 10.16917/sd.88174 � June 2016 � 36(1) � 125–142

SOSYOLOJİ DERGİSİ TURKISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

Original Article

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between stratification and work in contemporary logistics from two

theoretical angles. The first involves an analysis of the utility of the model of primary versus secondary

labour markets as a template for assessing the core characteristics of logistics’ work. The second involves

a parallel assessment of the salience of post-modern theories of time for an understanding of how such

work is structured. Logistics involves the movement of goods and information by road, rail, sea and air.

High levels of surveillance and control are embedded within these flows. These are critical for the creation

of value via the supply of commodities to industrial, personal and commercial customers at the exact

time desired by them. This has involved a paradigmatic shift in economic production from the Fordist

system, whereby goods were manufactured in long production runs and then pushed up the supply chain

to retailers, to a post-Fordist system, whereby production is determined directly by consumer demand. The

world of transportation and warehousing has suffered from systematic neglect by sociologists. Part of this

lies in a deep seated Marxist bias within the field whereby factory work is characterized as “productive” and

somehow more significant and authentic, whereas the worlds of transportation and distribution are seen as

“unproductive” and far less important.

Keywords

Logistics • Employment • Work • Labour markets • Post-modernism • Time • Economic sociology

Citation: Penn, R. (2016). Stratification and work in contemporary logistics. Turkish Journal of Sociology, 36, 125–142.

1 Correspondence to: Roger Penn (PhD), School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University, University Road, BT7 1NN, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Email: [email protected]

Roger Penn1

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3 This is a simplified picture of a complex structure. One example of such additional complexity is the transport of containers by sea from feeder ports to the major international ports (see Liu, Wang, & Yip, 2013)

4 80% of transportation in the USA by value is by road (see Ross, 2004).

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