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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783110203321

Autore

Amoore Louise

Titolo

Globalization contested [[electronic resource] ] : an international political economy of work / / Louise Amoore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-84779-542-0

1417569336

1-78170-011-7

1-280-71953-2

9786610719532

1-4175-6933-6

1-84779-015-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Disciplina

306.36

Soggetti

International economic integration - Social aspects

Globalization - Social aspects

Work

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.