Webster, Edward
Grounding Globalization: Labour in the Age of Insecurity
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
Nyckelord: Geography of Globalization
- Författare
- Webster, Edward
- Lambert, Rob
- Beziudenhout, Andries
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2011
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Serie
- Antipode Book Series
- Sidantal
- 280 sidor
- Kategori
- Naturvetenskaper
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781444399844
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781405129152