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

• Autore: Amoore Louise
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.36
• Soggetto topico: International economic integration - Social aspects; Globalization - Social aspects; Work
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization contested
• ISBN: 1417569336; 1-78170-011-7; 1-280-71953-2; 9786610719532; 1-4175-6933-6; 1-84779-015-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910145804303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II