
Grounding Globalization
Labour in the Age of Insecurity
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 6. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-4051-2914-5 (ISBN)
Description
*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
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
Reviews / Votes
"Grounding Globalization represents a culmination of the individual and collective efforts of the authors to establish a 'new' international labour studies. It is a bold and ambitious project, but it is also one precisely based on a 'grounded' understanding of how workers live their lives, adapt to the discipline of the market, and sometimes vigorously contest it." (Labor History Journal, November 2008)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-2914-5 (9781405129145)
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Labour in the Age of Insecurity
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Labour in the Age of Insecurity
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Labour in the Age of Insecurity
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Persons
Edward Webster is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Sociology of Work Unit (SWOP) at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Rob Lambert is the Chair of Labour Studies at UWA's Business School and is the Director of the Australian Global Studies Research Centre.
Andries Bezuidenhout works as a senior researcher in the Sociology of Work Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Rob Lambert is the Chair of Labour Studies at UWA's Business School and is the Director of the Australian Global Studies Research Centre.
Andries Bezuidenhout works as a senior researcher in the Sociology of Work Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Author
University of the Witwatersrand
University of Western Australia
Wits University
Content
Preface: A Journey of Discovery. List of Abbreviations.
1. The Polanyi Problem and the Problem with Polanyi.
Part One: Markets Against Society.
2. Manufacturing Matters.
3. The Return of Market Despotism.
4. Citizenship Matters.
Part Two: Society Against Markets.
5. Strong Winds in Ezakheni.
6. Escaping Social Death in Changwon.
7. Squeezing Orange.
Part Three: Society Governing the Market?
8. History Matters.
9. Grounding Labour Internationalism.
10. The Necessity for Utopian Thinking.
Notes.
References.
Index.
1. The Polanyi Problem and the Problem with Polanyi.
Part One: Markets Against Society.
2. Manufacturing Matters.
3. The Return of Market Despotism.
4. Citizenship Matters.
Part Two: Society Against Markets.
5. Strong Winds in Ezakheni.
6. Escaping Social Death in Changwon.
7. Squeezing Orange.
Part Three: Society Governing the Market?
8. History Matters.
9. Grounding Labour Internationalism.
10. The Necessity for Utopian Thinking.
Notes.
References.
Index.