Global labour studies
By: Marcus Taylor and Sébastien Rioux
Contributors: Rioux, Sébastien, 1977- author
Series: Work & society series; Work & society series (Polity Press)
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; Polity
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781509504060; 9781509504077
Subjects: Labor supply; Research
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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. Introduction: Thinking Global Labour Studies; title: Chapter 2. The Toolkit of Global Labour Studies; title: Chapter 3. Labour Regimes; title: Chapter 4. Global Production Networks; title: Chapter 5. Formal Work in Transition; title: Chapter 6. Labour in the Informal Economy; title: Chapter 7. Agrarian Labour; title: Chapter 8. Migrant Labour; title: Chapter 9. Forced Labour; title: Chapter 10. Environment and Labour; title: Chapter 11. Corporate Social Responsibility; title: Chapter 12. Organizing Global Labour; title: Chapter 13. Conclusion: The Futures of Global Labour.