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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783240303321

Titolo

Spaces of work [[electronic resource] ] : global capitalism and geographies of labour / / Noel Castree ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2004

ISBN

1-4462-2104-0

1-280-37070-X

9786610370702

1-4129-3161-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 303 p.) : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

CastreeNoel <1968->

Disciplina

331

Soggetti

Labor

Labor market

Industrial location

Space in economics

Capitalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms used in the book; Preface: the Landscape of Labour; A note on geographical terminology; Chapter 1 - Orientations; Chapter 2 - The Social Relations of Labour: Working in a Capitalist World; Chapter 3 - Placing Labout in an Interdependent World; Chapter 4 - Spacing and Scaling Labour; Chapter 5 - Re/placing Labour; Chapter 6 - Varieties of Localism; Chapter 7 - Dis/placing Labour; Chapter 8 - Up-scaling Worker Action; Chapter 9 - The Geographical Dilemmas of Justice; Glossary; Appendix: Different Approaches to Theorizing Labour

Further Reading and Key QuestionsList of Websites and Other Learning Resources; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is an accessible examination of the role of labour in the modern world. The authors critically assess the present condition and future prospects for workers through the geographies of place, space and scale, and in conjunction with other more commonly studied components of globalization.