The Laboring of Communication
Will Knowledge Workers of the World Unite?
1st Edition
Published on 27. June 2008
270 pages
979-8-216-23250-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Laboring of Communication examines the transformation of work and of worker organizations in today's Information Society. The book focuses on how traditional trade unions and new worker associations growing out of social movements are coming together to address the crisis of organized labor. It concentrates on the creative responses of the technical and cultural workers in the mass media, telecommunications, and information technology industries.
Concentrating on political economy, labor process, and feminist theory, it proceeds to offer several ways of thinking about communication workers and the nature of the society in which they work. Drawing on interviews and the documentary record, the book offers case studies of successful and unsuccessful efforts among both traditional and alternative worker organizations in the United States and Canada. It concludes by addressing the thorny issue of outsourcing, describing how global labor federations and nascent worker organizations in the developing world are coming together to develop creative solutions.
Concentrating on political economy, labor process, and feminist theory, it proceeds to offer several ways of thinking about communication workers and the nature of the society in which they work. Drawing on interviews and the documentary record, the book offers case studies of successful and unsuccessful efforts among both traditional and alternative worker organizations in the United States and Canada. It concludes by addressing the thorny issue of outsourcing, describing how global labor federations and nascent worker organizations in the developing world are coming together to develop creative solutions.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
979-8-216-23250-6 (9798216232506)
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Vincent Mosco | Catherine McKercher
The Laboring of Communication
Will Knowledge Workers of the World Unite?
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08/2009
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Persons
Catherine McKercher is professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.
Vincent Mosco is professor of sociology and Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society at Queen's University.
Vincent Mosco is professor of sociology and Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society at Queen's University.
Content
Chapter 1 Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 1 Introduction: New Responses to Bad Times for Organized Labor
Chapter 4 2 Theorizing Knowledge Labor
Chapter 5 3 Women and Work: Feminism and Political Economy
Chapter 6 4 Convergence, Solidarity, and Labor Power: The Dream of One Big Union
Chapter 7 5 Labor Convergence in the Information Economy
Chapter 8 6 Beyond Business as Usual: Social Movement Unionism and Information Workers
Chapter 9 7 Workers in a Changing Global Division of Labor
Chapter 10 References
Chapter 2 Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 1 Introduction: New Responses to Bad Times for Organized Labor
Chapter 4 2 Theorizing Knowledge Labor
Chapter 5 3 Women and Work: Feminism and Political Economy
Chapter 6 4 Convergence, Solidarity, and Labor Power: The Dream of One Big Union
Chapter 7 5 Labor Convergence in the Information Economy
Chapter 8 6 Beyond Business as Usual: Social Movement Unionism and Information Workers
Chapter 9 7 Workers in a Changing Global Division of Labor
Chapter 10 References
