Communication Workers of the World
The New International Division of Labor
Gerald Sussman(Author)
Westview Press Inc
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-8133-2542-2 (ISBN)
Description
Focusing on communication workers throughout the world, this text examines the new international division of labour. The author has also written "A Different Road Taken: Profiles in Critical Communication" and "Asian Popular Culture".
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-2542-2 (9780813325422)
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Content
Global productions, Gerald Sussman, John A. Lent; political economy, communication, and labour, Vincent Mosco; information networks - the global offshore labour force, Mark I. Wilson; the Caribbean data processors, Ewart C. Skinner; new chips in old skins - work and labor in Silicon Valley, Lenny Siegel; electronics, communications, and labour - the Malaysia connection, G. Sussman; regional subcontracting and labour in the production of information/communication technology in Hong Kong and Shenzhen special economic zone (PRC), Lai Si Tsui-Auch; challenges to Hollywood's labour force in the 1990s, Janet Wasko; beyond the last bastion - industrial restructuring and the labour force in the British television industry, James Cornford and Kevin Robins; Hollywood north - film and TV production in Canada, Manjunath Pendakur; the animation industry and its offshore factories, J. A. Lent; restructuring global telecommunications - the telephone workers response in British Columbia, Sid Shniad and Charley Richardson; trade union telematics for international collective bargaining, Dave Spooner.