Missing links in labour geography / edited by Ann Cecilie Bergene, Sylvi B. Endresen, Hege Merete Knutsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bergene, Ann Cecilie.

Contributor:

Bergene, Ann Cecilie.

Endresen, Sylvi B.

Knutsen, Hege Merete.

Series:

Dynamics of economic space.

The dynamics of economic space

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography.

Economic geography.

Labor movement.

Labor unions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Missing links in labor geography

Place of Publication:

London. : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addressing a number of 'missing links' in the analysis of labour and its geographies, this volume examines how theoretical perspectives on both labour and the organizations of the labour movement can be refined. Issues of agency, power and collective mobilizations are examined via case studies from the 'global north' and 'global south' in order to develop a better understanding of labour market processes in developed and developing countries.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Part I Introduction; 1 Re-engaging with Agency in Labour Geography; 2 Labour Geography: Where Have We Been? Where Should We Go?; 3 Re-embedding the Agency of Labour; Part II The Agency of Unions; 4 The Entangled Geographies of Trans-national Labour Solidarity; 5 Exploring the Grassroots' Perspective on Labour Internationalisms; 6 Navigating a Chaotic Consciousness in the Trade Union Movement; 7 Schumpeterian Unionism and 'High-Road' Dreams in Toronto's Hospitality Sector

8 Trade Unions as Learning Organizations: The Challenge of Attracting Temporary Staff 9 Union Power and the Formal-Informal Divide; Part III Politics of Labour; 10 Between Revolutionary Rhetoric and Class Compromise: Trade Unions and the State; 11 The Constitutive Inside: Contingency, Hegemony, and Labour's Spatial Fix; 12 Theoretical Approaches to Changing Labour Regimes in Transition Economies; 13 Between Coercion and Consent: Understanding Post-Apartheid Workplace Regimes; Part IV Labour and Strategies of Capital

14 Erosion from Above, Erosion from Below: Labour, Value Chain Relegation and Manufacturing Sustainability 15 Globalization and the Reworking of Labour Market Segmentation in the Philippines; 16 'We Order 20 Bodies'. Labour Hire and Alienation; Part V Conclusion; 17 Approaches to the Social and Spatial Agency of Labour; Index

Notes:

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-138-26989-1

1-317-09555-3

1-315-59559-1

1-282-61476-2

9786612614767

0-7546-9554-9

9781315595597

OCLC:

645937954