The globalisation of labour counter-coordination and unionism on the internet / / guest editors: Margaret Greico, John Hogan and Miguel Martinez Lucio

• Pubblicazione: Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (140 p.)
• Disciplina: 337
• Soggetto topico: Globalization; International economic relations
• Altri autori: GreicoMargaret HoganJohn LucioMiguel Martinez
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Foreword; Introduction; The advent of open source unionism?; Union renewal, union strategy and technology; Globalisation, collective action and counter-coordination; Recovering experience, confirming identity, voicing resistance; The networked union? The internet as a challenge to trade union identity and roles; ICTs, distributed discourse and the territorialisation of labour: the case of Balkan trade unionism; Information and communications technology use in British unions; Unions and cyber-activism in South Africa; Epilogue
• Sommario/riassunto: Traditional trade union structures have been slow to realise the capabilities of new information technology in respect of the globalisation of labour. Yet the co-ordinative capabilities of international labour with the advent of the Internet are radically enhanced as the actions of workers in the international transport sector demonstrate.
• Titolo autorizzato: The globalisation of labour counter-coordination and unionism on the internet
• ISBN: 1-280-50937-6; 9786610509379; 1-84544-735-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816214103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical Perspectives on International Business