Global economy contested : power and conflict across the international division of labor / edited by Marcus Taylor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Marcus (Marcus Edward)

Series:

Rethinking globalizations ; 14.

Rethinking globalizations ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Capitalism--Social aspects--Case studies.

Capitalism.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Contents:

Power, conflict and the production of the global economy / Marcus Taylor

Globalisation and the uneven subsumption of labour under capital in Russia / Simon Clarke

Making the "workshop of the world" : China and the international division of labour / Étienne Cantin and Marcus Taylor

Restructuring and conflict in the global athletic footwear industry : Nike, Yue Yuen and labour codes of conduct / Jeroen Merk

Offshore production, labour standards and collective organisation in the globalizing US garment industry / Étienne Cantin

Corporate social responsibility and labour market discipline : contesting social reproduction in low-wage America / Ryan Foster

Pension fund capitalism, pension fund socialism, and dissent from investment / Paul Langley

Imposing social responsibility? Pension funds and the politics of development finance / Susanne Soederberg

Challenging labour market flexibilisation : union and community-based struggles in post-apartheid South Africa / Marlea Clarke

After the collapse : workers and social conflict in Argentina / Viviana Patroni

Globalisation, contestation and labour internationalism : a transformationalist perspective / Ronaldo Munck.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415775489

9780415775496

9780203927243

0415775485

0415775493

0203927249

OCLC:

182552870