Format:
1 online resource (326 pages)
ISBN:
9783030746728
Series Statement:
Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America Ser.
Content:
Intro -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Praise for Labor Contestation at Walmart Brazil -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Labor Contestation at Walmart in Latin America as Test Case of Global Diffusion by Multinationals -- Introduction -- The Argument in Brief -- Research Strategy -- Structure of the Book -- References -- 2 Mediations of Global Diffusion: Walmart Meets National Institutions and Nested Agents -- National Institutional Embeddedness and Gradual Institutional Change -- Global Retail Work: Structural Realities, National Institutional Dynamics, and Workplace Regimes -- Re-Casting Views on Walmart: Between Normalization and Exceptionalism -- References -- 3 Testing Distant Waters: Walmart's Early Years in Brazil, 1995-2002 -- Global Supermarket Expansion and Testing the Waters in Brazil -- Waves of Walmart Expansion -- Initial Years in Brazil -- Unions, Labor Relations, and Human Resource Management -- Walmart's Work Flexibility Model: Transfer with Minor Adaptations -- References -- 4 Expansion, Conflictual Cooperation, and Rising Legal Scrutiny: 2003-2014 -- Booming National Economy and Evolving Firm Strategy -- Embedded Agency Amidst Thickening Labor Institutions -- Change and Continuity in Labor Relations Institutions -- Elusive Engagement -- Mounting Legal Actions Against Walmart -- Demographics, Precariousness, and Walmart-Style Work Flexibility -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Divergent National Patterns of Labor Contestation Surrounding Walmart: Comparisons with Argentina, Chile, and Mexico -- Slight Variations on a Theme: Anti-unionism and Repressive Familialism in Work Culture -- Chile -- Argentina -- Mexico -- The Fictitious "Walmart Family" -- Contestation in Chile: Broad Similarities with Brazil -- Argentina: Limits of Resistance and Scrutiny.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030746711
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Martin, Scott B. Labor contestation at Walmart Brazil Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021 ISBN 9783030746711
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3030746712
Language:
English
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