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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manchester, UK ; Manchester University Press : 2002Distributor: New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002Description: 1 online resource (193 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1417569336
  • 9781417569335
  • 9781847790156
  • 1847790151
  • 0719060966
  • 9780719060960
  • 1280719532
  • 9781280719530
  • 9781781700112
  • 1781700117
  • 9786610719532
  • 6610719535
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Globalisation contested.DDC classification:
  • 306.3/6 22
LOC classification:
  • HF1418.5 .A48 2002eb
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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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-187) and index.

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.

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.

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