Grounding Globalization Labour in the Age of Insecurity - Antipode Book Series

*Winner of the 2009 Distinguished Scholarly Monograph Prize, awarded by the American Sociological Association Labor and Labor Movements section* Claims have been made on the emergence of a new labour internationalism in response to the growing insecurity created by globalization. However, when persons face conditions of insecurity they often turn inwards. The book contains a warning and a sign of hope. Some workers become fatalistic, even xenophobic. Others are attempting to globalize their own struggles. Examines the claim that a new labour internationalism is emerging by grounding the book in evidence, rather than assertion Analyzes three distinct places - Orange, Australia; Changwon, South Korea; and Ezakheni, South Africa - and how they dealt with manufacturing plants undergoing restructuring Explores worker responses to rising levels of insecurity and examines preconditions for the emergence of counter-movements to such insecurities Highlights the significance of 'place' and 'scale', and demonstrates how the restructuring of multi-national corporations, and worker responses to this, connect the two concepts

ISBN:	9781405129152
Publisher:	Wiley
Imprint:	Wiley Blackwell
Published date:	06 Jun 2008
DEWEY:	331.88
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	261
Weight:	530g
Height:	235mm
Width:	160mm
Spine width:	19mm

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