Contesting the corporation : struggle, power and resistance in organizations / Peter Fleming, André Spicer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, P. (Peter), 1972- author.

Spicer, André, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate power.

Corporations--Sociological aspects.

Corporations.

Organizational behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 227 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an age when large corporations dominate the economic and political landscape, it is tempting to think that their power goes largely unchecked. Originally published in 2007, Contesting the Corporation counters this view by showing that today's corporations are driven by political struggle, power plays and attempts to resist control. Building on a wide range of theoretical sources, Fleming and Spicer present an analysis of the different ways in which power operates within the modern workplace. They begin by building a theoretical perspective that synthesizes previous investigations of power and resistance, identifying struggle as a key concept. Each chapter illustrates a different dimension of workplace struggle through an array of original empirical studies relating to sexuality, cynicism, new social movements and new-wave trade unionism. The book concludes by demonstrating that social justice claims underlie even the most innocuous forms of resistance, helping to transform some of the largest modern corporations.

Contents:

Chapter One. Faces of Power in Organizations

Chapter Two. Faces of Resistance at Work

Chapter Three. Struggle in Organizations

Chapter Four. Dis-identification and Resentment: The Case of Cynicism

Chapter Five. De-sexualizing Work and the Struggle for Desire

Chapter Six. Displacement and Struggle: Space, Life and Labour

Chapter Seven. Discursive Struggle: The Case of Globalization in the Public Sector

Chapter Eight. Struggles for Justice: Wharfies, Queers and Capitalists

Chapter Nine. Struggles for Common Ground in Organizations.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-81051-0

1-107-19648-5

1-107-31663-4

1-107-32202-2

1-107-31759-2

1-107-31850-5

1-299-39972-X

1-107-31567-0

0-511-62804-8