| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"This book has its origins in a third year undergraduate course entitled 'Globalization, labour and locality' ... at the University of Liverpool from 1995-2000"--Page [vii]. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms used in the book -- Preface: the Landscape of Labour -- A note on geographical terminology -- Chapter 1 -- Orientations -- Part I: Geographies of Labour -- 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 -- Part II: Labour in Place -- Chapter 5 -- Re/placing Labour -- Chapter 6 -- Varieties of Localism -- Part III: Re-scaling Labour -- Chapter 7 -- Dis/placing Labour -- Chapter 8 -- Up-scaling Worker Action -- Part IV: Workers, Geographical Scale and In/justice -- Chapter 9 -- The Geographical Dilemmas of Justice -- Glossary -- Appendix: Different Approaches to Theorizing Labour -- Further Reading and Key Questions -- List of Websites and Other Learning Resources -- Bibliography. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Labor.
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Labor. |
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Capitalism.
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Capitalism. |
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Working class -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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Working class -- Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Working class. |
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Marxian economics.
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Marxian economics. |
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Institutional economics.
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Institutional economics. |
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Economic geography.
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Economic geography. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Castree, Noel, 1968-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spaces of work. London ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2004 0761972161 9780761972167 (DLC) 2003109264 (OCoLC)56014712 |
| ISBN |
9781412931618 (electronic book) |
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1412931614 (electronic book) |
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9781446221044 (ebook) |
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1446221040 (ebook) |
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9780761972167 (Cloth) |
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0761972161 (Cloth) |
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0761972161 (Cloth) |
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