Format:
1 online resource (206 pages)
ISBN:
9781847790156
Content:
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.
Content:
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.
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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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780719060960
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780719060960
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
