Author

Contributions

  • Rioux, Sébastien, 1977- author - Contributor

Publication

2018 - Polity, England

Language

English

Word Count

61,250 words, Guess

Page Count

245 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781509504077
  • ISBN-101509504060
  • ISBN-101509504079
  • ISBN-139781509504060
  • Library of Congress Control Number2017010108
and 5 more
  • OCLC Control Number1006528680
  • Better World Books9781509504077
  • Better World Books9781509504060
  • Better World BooksO9-BFB-198
  • Open LibraryOL26943731M

Classifications

  • DDC331.1
  • LCCHD5702 .T39 2018
  • LCCHD4901

Description

"The current globalized economy is able to produce diverse commodities and distribute these across vast distances. However, the workforce which underpins these networks experiences vast inequalities in income and working conditions. As an academic field, global labour studies seeks to understand how different forms of employment sustain uneven patterns of consumption at a global scale, and how the inequalities in working conditions are created and maintained. This lively and accessible book explores these structures and forces that shape lives across the world. Maintaining a consistent focus on questions of power, networks, space and livelihoods, this book opens up key issues and concepts such as global production networks, changing labr market dynamics, forced labour, contemporary migration trends and new labour organizations. This approach provides an integrated framework to further analyse the social contexts of work on a global scale. With suggested readings at the end of each chapter, Global Labour Studies an essential text for undergraduate courses on global labour issues in the fields of geography, politics, sociology, labour studies and international development"--

Subjects

Topics

331.1ResearchLabor supplyLabor economicsHd5702 .t39 2018Labor supply--researchBusiness & economics / organizational behavior

Series Statement

  • Work & society series
  • Work & society series (Polity Press)

Other Editions

  • Global labour studiesPolity2018-01-01

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