Globalisation Contested : An International Political Economy of Work.

By: Amoore, LouiseMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (206 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781847790156Subject(s): Globalization -- Social aspects | International economic integration -- Social aspects | WorkGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Globalisation Contested : An International Political Economy of WorkDDC classification: 306.3/6 LOC classification: HF1418.5 -- .A48 2002ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Globalisation, restructuring and the flexibility discourse -- 2 International political economy and global social change -- 3 Producing hyperflexibility: the restructuring of work in Britain -- 4 Producing flexi-corporatism: the restructuring of work in Germany -- 5 The 'contested' firm: the restructuring of work and production in the international political economy -- 6 Globalisation at work: unheard voices and invisible agency -- Conclusion: an international political economy of work -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Globalisation, restructuring and the flexibility discourse -- 2 International political economy and global social change -- 3 Producing hyperflexibility: the restructuring of work in Britain -- 4 Producing flexi-corporatism: the restructuring of work in Germany -- 5 The 'contested' firm: the restructuring of work and production in the international political economy -- 6 Globalisation at work: unheard voices and invisible agency -- Conclusion: an international political economy of work -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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