Global Restructuring and the Power of Labour

by Bill Dunn

Overview

Join Bill Dunn in his argument that changes in the structure of capitalism are overstated and cannot account for workers' experiences and do not preclude effective organization by labour.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349516216
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/14/2014
Series:	International Political Economy Series
Edition description:	1st ed. 2004
Pages:	245
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bill Dunn has taught International Political Economy at the University of Bristol and Sociology the University of the West of England.

Table of Contents

PART I: UNDERSTANDINGS OF GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LABOUR
• Introduction
• Globalization, Labour and the State Capital
• Mobility and the Spatial Dispersal of Labour
• Post-Fordism and the Social Dispersal of Labour
• PART II: AN INTER-INDUSTRY COMPARISON OF RESTRUCTURING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LABOUR
• Automobiles
• Construction
• Semiconductors
• Finance
• Assessing Global Restructuring and Labour
• PART II: CONCLUSIONS
• Towards a Strategic Research Agenda