Louise Amoore 
Globalisation contested [EPUB ebook] 
An international political economy of work

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This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This exciting book provides an illuminating account of contemporary globalisation that is grounded in actual transformations in the areas of production and the workplace. It reveals the social and political contests that give ‘global’ its meaning, by examining the contested nature of globalisation as it is expressed in the restructuring of work. Rejecting conventional explanations of globalisation as a process that automatically leads to transformations in working lives, or as a project that is strategically designed to bring about lean and flexible forms of production, this book advances an understanding of the social practices that constitute global change. Through case studies that span from the labour flexibility debates in Britain and Germany, to the strategies and tactics of corporations and workers, the author examines how globalisation is interpreted and experienced in everyday life. Contestation, she argues, is about more than just direct protests and resistances. It has become a central feature of the practices that enable or confound global restructuring. This book offers students and scholars of international political economy, sociology and industrial relations an innovative framework for the analysis of globalisation and the restructuring of work.

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Introduction 1. Globalisation, restructuring, and the flexibility discourse 2. International political economy and global social change 3. Producing hyper-flexibility: the restructuring of work in Britain 4. Producing flexi-corporatism: the restructuring of work in Germany 5. The ‘contested firm’: the restructuring of production and work in the international political economy 6. Globalisation at work: unheard voices and invisible agency Conclusion: An international political economy of work

A propos de l’auteur

Louise Amoore is Deputy Head of Department in the Department of Geography at the University of Durham

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9781847795427 ● Taille du fichier 2.1 MB ● Âge 22-99 ans ● Maison d’édition Manchester University Press ● Lieu Manchester ● Pays GB ● Publié 2013 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 4029042 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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