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Globalization contested: an international political economy of work

This exciting book provides an illuminating account of contemporary globalization 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 globalization as it is expressed in the restructuring of work. Rejecting conventional explanations of globalization 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 globalization 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.

ISBN
0-7190-6096-6
Extent
Seite(n): 206
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Subject
Wirtschaft
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Arbeitswelt
Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
globaler Wandel
Internationalisierung
Diskurs
Globalisierung
Anpassung
Arbeitsbedingungen
Arbeitsorganisation
Weltwirtschaft
Struktur
soziale Beziehungen
Außenwirtschaftspolitik
politische Ökonomie
Reorganisation
Großbritannien
sozialer Wandel
Produktion
Arbeitszufriedenheit
Flexibilität

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Amoore, Louise
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Manchester Univ. Press
(where)
Vereinigtes Königreich, Manchester
(when)
2002

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-271227
Rights
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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Object type

  • Monografie

Associated

  • Amoore, Louise
  • Manchester Univ. Press

Time of origin

  • 2002

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