Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives
Subtitle: Labour and Community in the New Rural Economy (Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: November 23, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780802035547
Subjects: Economics; Globalization; Rural communities; Work & labour; Rural industries; Ontario; Economic Integration; Rural Economic Development; Sociology; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Canada; General; Labor; Political Science / Public Policy; Economic Conditions; Rural unemployment; Sociology - Rural; Public Policy - General; Working class; Displaced workers
Description: "Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives examines the effects of economic globalization on several manufacturing-dependent rural communities in Canada. In looking at such contemporary corporate strategies as plant closures and downsizing, authors Anthony Winson and Belinda Leach consider the impact of capitalist restructuring on the residents of various communities. The authors argue that the new rural economy has caused considerable instability and hardship in the lives of rural residents as they struggle to adapt in the face of economic upheaval."--Jacket.