Practice question · True or false
Braverman’s deskilling thesis is now generally accepted as a complete description of twentieth-century occupational change.
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- Ask whether every occupation moved in the same direction.
- Some jobs were degraded, others upgraded, and many simply reorganised.
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False
Why
False. The thesis identified a real tendency and overstated its reach. Research since has found deskilling in some sectors, upgrading in others, and a large number of occupations reorganised in ways the model does not anticipate, so the strong version is a minority position.
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