1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910287937203321

Autore

Amoore Louise

Titolo

Globalisation contested : an international political economy of work / / Louise Amoore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester University Press, 2002

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, 2018

©2002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 193 pages) : figures, tables; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

306.36

Soggetti

International economic integration - Social aspects

Globalization - Social aspects

Work - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This exciting book provides an illuminating account of contemporary globalization that is grounded in actual transformations in the areas of production and the workplace. It 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. Rejecting conventional explanations of globalization as a process that automatically leads to transformations in working lives, or as a project that is strategically designed to bring about lean and flexible forms of production, this book advances an understanding of the social practices that constitute global change. Through case studies that span from the labour flexibility debates in Britain and Germany, to the strategies and tactics of corporations and workers, the author examines how globalization is interpreted and experienced in everyday life. Contestation, she argues, is about more than just direct protests and resistances. It has become a central feature of the practices that enable or confound global restructuring. This book offers students and scholars of international political economy, sociology and industrial relations an innovative framework for the analysis of globalisation and



the restructuring of work.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792773403321

Autore

Righter William

Titolo

American memory in Henry James : void and value / / William Righter ; edited by Rosemary Righter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-95932-8

1-315-26286-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

RighterRosemary

Disciplina

813/.4

Soggetti

National characteristics, American, in literature

Literature and history - United States

History in literature

Memory in literature

United States In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. America deconstructed -- pt. 2. The note of Europe -- pt. 3. Amerigo in an American nowhere -- pt. 4. A dark fable of love and power -- pt. 5. Form and contingency.