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Globalization contested : an international political economy of work / Louise Amoore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amoore, Louise.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International economic integration--Social aspects.
- International economic integration.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- Globalization.
- Work.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bringing fresh insights to the contemporary globalization debate, this text reveals the social and political contests that give ""global"" its meaning, by examining the contested nature of globalization as it is expressed in the restructuring of work.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Globalisation, restructuring and the flexibility discourse; 2 International political economy and global social change; 3 Producing hyperflexibility: the restructuring of work in Britain; 4 Producing flexi-corporatism: the restructuring of work in Germany; 5 The 'contested' firm: the restructuring of work and production in the international political economy; 6 Globalisation at work: unheard voices and invisible agency; Conclusion: an international political economy of work; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610719532
- 9781847795427
- 1847795420
- 9781417569335
- 1417569336
- 9781781700112
- 1781700117
- 9781280719530
- 1280719532
- 9781847790156
- 1847790151
- OCLC:
- 191925960
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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