Globalism/localism at work
By: edited by Leni Beukema, Jorge Carrillo.
Contributors: Beukema, Lena Margaretha, 1954-; Carrillo V., Jorge
Series: Research in the sociology of work -- v. 13
Publisher: Elsevier JAI
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Industries -- Social aspects; Industrial organization; Globalization -- Social aspects; Globalization -- Economic aspects; Industrial location; Corporate reorganizations; Labor supply -- Effect of technological innovations on; Industries -- Social aspects -- Mexico; Industrial organization -- Mexico; Globalization -- Social aspects -- Mexico; Mexico -- Economic conditions -- 1994-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Handling global developments, shaping local practices: the interference of the global and the local in work restructuring / Leni Beukema and Jorge Carrillo; title: New forms of industrial organization, regional development and the impact on work restructuring in Brazil / José Ricardo Ramalho; title: Main labor changes in French car industry / Jean-Pierre Durand; title: Segmentation of skills in the Mexican northern border: challenges in a globalized region / Alfredo Hualde; title: Privatization and deregulation of telecommunications in Brazil: the global influence and local implications / Sonia Guimarães Larangeira; title: Foreign direct investment and local linkages: the case of the Mexican television industry in Tijuana / Jorge Carrillo; title: New deals in gambling: global markets and local regimes of regulation / Terry Austrin and Jackie West; title: Global logistic chains as a result of local processes: the case of orchids / Leni Beukema and Harry Coenen; title: Taking a seat in the global marketplace: opportunities for "high road" upgrading in the Indonesian wood furniture sector? / Anne Caroline Posthuma; title: Work restructuring as ongoing glocal processes: concluding remarks / Leni Beukema.