{"product_id":"9781405129145","title":"Grounding Globalization Labour in the Age of Insecurity","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAntipode Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eGrounding Globalization\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLabour in the Age of Insecurity\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEdward Webster | Rob Lambert | Andries Beziudenhout\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Earth Sciences \/ Geography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the 2009 Distinguished Scholarly Monograph Prize, awarded by the American Sociological Association Labor and Labor Movements section*\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eClaims have been made on the emergence of a new labour internationalism in response to the growing insecurity created by globalization. However, when persons face conditions of insecurity they often turn inwards. The book contains a warning and a sign of hope. Some workers become fatalistic, even xenophobic. Others are attempting to globalize their own struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the claim that a new labour internationalism is emerging by grounding the book in evidence, rather than assertion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes three distinct places – Orange, Australia; Changwon, South Korea; and Ezakheni, South Africa – and how they dealt with manufacturing plants undergoing restructuring\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores worker responses to rising levels of insecurity and examines preconditions for the emergence of counter-movements to such insecurities Highlights the significance of 'place' and 'scale', and demonstrates how the restructuring of multi-national corporations, and worker responses to this, connect the two concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eEdward Webster\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Sociology of Work Unit (SWOP) at the University of the Witwatersrand. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e is the Chair of Labour Studies at UWA’s Business School and is the Director of the Australian Global Studies Research Centre.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndries Bezuidenhout\u003c\/b\u003e works as a senior researcher in the Sociology of Work Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 June 2008\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405129145\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314742784140,"sku":"9781405129145","price":39.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405129145_e1b3d894-969f-4f84-b85f-4947161dcb90.jpg?v=1780144533","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405129145","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}