Global economy contested power and conflict across the international division of labor
Global economy contested power and conflict across the international division of labor
- London Routledge 2008.
- xvi,251p. 24 cm.
- Rethinking globalizations 14 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Power, conflict and the production of the global economy / Marcus Taylor -- Globalisation and the uneven subsumption of labour under capital in Russia / Simon Clarke -- Making the "workshop of the world" : China and the international division of labour / Étienne Cantin and Marcus Taylor -- Restructuring and conflict in the global athletic footwear industry : Nike, Yue Yuen and labour codes of conduct / Jeroen Merk -- Offshore production, labour standards and collective organisation in the globalizing US garment industry / Étienne Cantin -- Corporate social responsibility and labour market discipline : contesting social reproduction in low-wage America / Ryan Foster -- Pension fund capitalism, pension fund socialism, and dissent from investment / Paul Langley -- Imposing social responsibility? Pension funds and the politics of development finance / Susanne Soederberg -- Challenging labour market flexibilisation : union and community-based struggles in post-apartheid South Africa / Marlea Clarke -- After the collapse : workers and social conflict in Argentina / Viviana Patroni -- Globalisation, contestation and labour internationalism : a transformationalist perspective / Ronaldo Munck.
9780415775496
2007046489
Labor market.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Capitalism--Social aspects--Case studies.
HD5702 / .G56 2008
331.1 / GL-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Power, conflict and the production of the global economy / Marcus Taylor -- Globalisation and the uneven subsumption of labour under capital in Russia / Simon Clarke -- Making the "workshop of the world" : China and the international division of labour / Étienne Cantin and Marcus Taylor -- Restructuring and conflict in the global athletic footwear industry : Nike, Yue Yuen and labour codes of conduct / Jeroen Merk -- Offshore production, labour standards and collective organisation in the globalizing US garment industry / Étienne Cantin -- Corporate social responsibility and labour market discipline : contesting social reproduction in low-wage America / Ryan Foster -- Pension fund capitalism, pension fund socialism, and dissent from investment / Paul Langley -- Imposing social responsibility? Pension funds and the politics of development finance / Susanne Soederberg -- Challenging labour market flexibilisation : union and community-based struggles in post-apartheid South Africa / Marlea Clarke -- After the collapse : workers and social conflict in Argentina / Viviana Patroni -- Globalisation, contestation and labour internationalism : a transformationalist perspective / Ronaldo Munck.
9780415775496
2007046489
Labor market.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Capitalism--Social aspects--Case studies.
HD5702 / .G56 2008
331.1 / GL-