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Grounding globalization : Labour in the age of insecurity.

Author: Edward Webster; Rob Lambert; Andries Bezuidenhout
Publisher: Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Series: Antipode book series
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Claims have been made on the emergence of a new labour internationalism in response to the growing insecurity created by globalization. However, when persons face conditions of insecurity they often  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Edward Webster; Rob Lambert; Andries Bezuidenhout
ISBN: 1405129158 9781405129152 9781405129145 140512914X
OCLC Number: 473949396
Description: 261 s.
Contents: Preface: A Journey of Discovery. List of Abbreviations. 1. The Polanyi Problem and the Problem with Polanyi. Part One: Markets Against Society. 2. Manufacturing Matters. 3. The Return of Market Despotism. 4. Citizenship Matters. Part Two: Society Against Markets. 5. Strong Winds in Ezakheni. 6. Escaping Social Death in Changwon. 7. Squeezing Orange. Part Three: Society Governing the Market? 8. History Matters. 9. Grounding Labour Internationalism. 10. The Necessity for Utopian Thinking. Notes. References. Index.
Series Title: Antipode book series

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