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No time in the history, consumption is considered to be as important as in today's world. It defines who we are, how well/perfect we perform our multiroles within the society (buying the most expensive clothes means being the best mom for instances), what symbolic meanings we attribute to our belongings, and how rich/clever/fashion conscious or innovative we are. Due to multidisciplinary and multimethod character of the concept of consumer behavior, it is appropriate to study it accordingly in order to understand the subject with its different aspects and holistically. Especially with the cultural, social, and technological changes within today's world, this issue becomes prominent. This book is a modest try for that end.
Labor and globalization. --- Globalization and labor --- Globalization --- Trade --- Social Sciences and Humanities --- Management and Economics --- Business --- Marketing
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Globalization has adversely affected working-class organization and mobilization, increasing inequality by redistribution upwards from labour to capital. However, workers around the world are challenging their increased exploitation by globalizing corporations. In developed countries, many unions are transforming themselves to confront employer power in ways more appropriate to contemporary circumstances; in developing countries, militant new labour movements are emerging. Drawing upon insights in anti-determinist Marxian perspectives, Verity Burgmann shows how working-class resistance is not futile, as protagonists of globalization often claim. She identifies eight characteristics of globalization harmful to workers and describes and analyses how they have responded collectively to these problems since 1990 and especially this century. With case studies from around the world, including Greece since 2008, she pays particular attention to new types of labour movement organization and mobilization that are not simply defensive reactions but are offensive and innovative responses that compel corporations or political institutions to change. Aging and less agile manifestations of the labour movement decline while new expressions of working-class organization and mobilization arise to better battle with corporate globalization. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of labour studies, globalization, political economy, Marxism and sociology of work.
Labor movement --- Labor and globalization. --- Capitalism --- History --- Market economy --- Globalization and labor --- Labor and laboring classes --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Globalization --- Social movements --- economics --- labor movement --- politics --- labor and globalization --- labor unions and international relations --- political science
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News about labor unions is usually pessimistic, focusing on declining membership and failed campaigns. But there are encouraging signs that the labor movement is evolving its strategies to benefit workers in rapidly changing global economic conditions. Global Unions, Local Power tells the story of the most successful and aggressive campaign ever waged by workers across national borders. It begins in the United States in 2007 as SEIU struggled to organize private security guards at G4S, a global security services company that is the second largest employer in the world. Failing in its bid, SEIU changed course and sought allies in other countries in which G4S operated. Its efforts resulted in wage gains, benefits increases, new union formations, and an end to management reprisals in many countries throughout the Global South, though close attention is focused on developments in South Africa and India. In this book, Jamie K. McCallum looks beyond these achievements to probe the meaning of some of the less visible aspects of the campaign. Based on more than two years of fieldwork in nine countries and historical research into labor movement trends since the late 1960's, McCallum's findings reveal several paradoxes. Although global unionism is typically concerned with creating parity and universal standards across borders, local context can both undermine and empower the intentions of global actors, creating varied and uneven results. At the same time, despite being generally regarded as weaker than their European counterparts, U.S. unions are in the process of remaking the global labor movement in their own image. McCallum suggests that changes in political economy have encouraged unions to develop new ways to organize workers. He calls these "governance struggles," strategies that seek not to win worker rights but to make new rules of engagement with capital in order to establish a different terrain on which to organize.
International labor activities. --- Labor and globalization. --- Labor movement --- Transnationalism. --- Trans-nationalism --- Transnational migration --- Labor and laboring classes --- Globalization and labor --- Labor activities, International --- Labor unions --- International cooperation. --- International cooperation --- International relations --- Social movements --- Globalization --- International labor activities --- Labor and globalization --- Transnationalism --- E-books --- International movements --- Employers and workers organisations
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Over the years many transnational labor alliances have succeeded in improving conditions for workers, but many more have not. In The New Politics of Transnational Labor, Marissa Brookes explains why this dichotomy has occurred. Using the coordination and context-appropriate (CCAP) theory, she assesses this divergence, arguing that the success of transnational alliances hinges not only on effective coordination across borders and within workers' local organizations but also on their ability to exploit vulnerabilities in global value chains, invoke national and international institutions, and mobilize networks of stakeholders in ways that threaten employers' core, material interests.Brookes uses six comparative case studies spanning four industries, five countries, and fifteen years. From dockside labor disputes in Britain and Australia to service sector campaigns in the supermarket and private security industries to campaigns aimed at luxury hotels in Southeast Asia, Brookes creates her new theoretical framework and speaks to debates in international and comparative political economy on the politics of economic globalization, the viability of private governance, and the impact of organized labor on economic inequality. From this assessment, Brookes provides a vital update to the international relations literature on non-state actors and transnational activism and shows how we can understand the unique capacities labor has as a transnational actor.
Transnationalism. --- Labor unions --- Labor and globalization. --- Labor movement --- International labor activities. --- Trans-nationalism --- Transnational migration --- International relations --- Globalization and labor --- Globalization --- Labor and laboring classes --- Social movements --- Labor activities, International --- Political activity. --- International cooperation. --- International cooperation --- International labor activities --- Labor and globalization --- Transnationalism --- Political activity --- E-books
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Far from witnessing the beginning of the end of organized labour as a major political force, Rethinking Global Labour argues that, post-financial crisis, we are entering a new era for workers and their organizations in which they will begin to impact decisively on the new global order.
In exploring the potential futures for the world's workers, the book provides an insightful account of how globalization has created a new global working class while increasing the insecurity and precarious nature of most employment. Moving beyond categories of North and South, Munck argues that the new global class of workers will be central both to the future of globalization and to its possible alternatives. In some ways the book poses a 'return to the future' drawing parallels with the birth of the labour and democratic movements before the consolidation of nation states.
At a time of growing unease with the negative effects of economic globalization, Rethinking Global Labour offers an important assessment of global labour and its potential for organization.
Working class. --- Labor and globalization. --- Labor movement. --- Labor unions. --- Capitalism. --- Commons (Social order) --- Labor and laboring classes --- Laboring class --- Labouring class --- Working class --- Working classes --- Social classes --- Labor --- Market economy --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Industrial unions --- Labor, Organized --- Labor organizations --- Organized labor --- Trade-unions --- Unions, Labor --- Unions, Trade --- Working-men's associations --- Labor movement --- Societies --- Central labor councils --- Guilds --- Syndicalism --- Social movements --- Globalization and labor --- Globalization --- Employment --- Labor unions --- Manpower --- Work --- E-books
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Sociology of work --- International division of labor --- Work --- Labor --- Labor and globalization --- Industrial relations --- Labor and globalization. --- International division of labor. --- Work. --- Labor. --- Industrial relations. --- Division of labor. --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Labor, Division of --- Economic specialization --- Capital and labor --- Employee-employer relations --- Employer-employee relations --- Labor and capital --- Labor-management relations --- Labor relations --- Employees --- Management --- Labor and laboring classes --- Manpower --- Working class --- Industry (Psychology) --- Method of work --- Work, Method of --- Human behavior --- Occupations --- Work-life balance --- International specialization --- Division of labor --- International economic relations --- Comparative advantage (International trade) --- Globalization and labor --- Globalization
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"Precarious Creativity examines the seismic changes confronting media workers in an age of globalization and corporate conglomeration. This pathbreaking anthology peeks behind the hype and supposed glamor of screen media industries to reveal the intensifying pressures and challenges confronting actors, editors, electricians, and others. The authors take on pressing conceptual and methodological issues while also providing insightful case studies of workplace dynamics regarding creativity, collaboration, exploitation, and cultural difference. Furthermore, it examines working conditions and organizing efforts on all six continents, offering broad-ranging and comprehensive analysis of contemporary screen media labor in such places as Lagos, Prague, Hollywood, and Hyderabad. The collection also examines labor conditions across a range of job categories that includes, for example, visual effects, production services, and adult entertainment. With contributions from such leading scholars as John Caldwell, Vicki Mayer, Herman Gray, and Tejaswini Ganti, Precarious Creativity offers timely critiques of media globalization while also intervening in broader debates about labor, creativity, and precarity"--Provided by publisher.
Labor and globalization --- Mass media and globalization --- Mass media --- Cultural industries --- Precarious employment --- Industries --- Business & Economics --- Globalization and mass media --- Globalization --- Globalization and labor --- Employment, Precarious --- Labor --- Creative industries --- Culture industries --- Employees --- Social aspects --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. --- adult entertainment. --- analysis. --- anthology. --- collaboration. --- conglomerations. --- corporate. --- creativity. --- cultural difference. --- culture. --- exploitation. --- globalization. --- herman gray. --- hollywood. --- hyderabad. --- international. --- john caldwell. --- labor conditions. --- labor. --- lagos. --- luminos. --- media production. --- media workers. --- media. --- modern world. --- political science. --- prague. --- screen media. --- tejaswini ganti. --- true story. --- university of california. --- vicki mayer. --- visual effects. --- worldwide. --- Mass media and globalization. --- Labor and globalization. --- Social aspects. --- Employees. --- Non-standard employment
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Labor and Global Justice combines conceptual and theoretical perspectives across a multiplicity of relevant differences, both geographical and disciplinary, to develop a transnational perspective on labor and justice and to make clear how justice requires a rethinking of the relation between labor and global capital.
Labor and globalization --- Labor market --- Employee rights. --- Social justice. --- Industrial relations. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Capital and labor --- Employee-employer relations --- Employer-employee relations --- Labor and capital --- Labor-management relations --- Labor relations --- Employee rights --- Employees --- Labor rights --- Rights of employees --- Market, Labor --- Supply and demand for labor --- Globalization and labor --- Law and legislation --- Civil rights --- Supply and demand --- Management --- Equality --- Justice --- Labor laws and legislation --- Employee rules --- Markets --- Globalization --- Social justice --- Industrial relations --- Moral and ethical aspects --- E-books --- Travail et mondialisation --- Marché du travail --- Personnel --- Justice sociale --- Relations industrielles --- Aspect moral --- Droits
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Transnational business people, international aid workers, and diplomats are all actors on the international stage working for organizations and groups often scrutinized by the public eye. But the very lives of these global middlemen and women are relatively unstudied. Mediating the Global takes up the challenge, uncovering the day-to-day experiences of elite foreign workers and their families living in Nepal, and the policies and practices that determine their daily lives. In this book, Heather Hindman calls for a consideration of the complex role that global middlemen and women play, not merely in implementing policies, but as objects of policy. Examining the lives of expatriate professionals working in Kathmandu, Nepal and the families that accompany them, Hindman unveils intimate stories of the everyday life of global mediators. Mediating the Global focuses on expatriate employees and families who are affiliated with international development bodies, multinational corporations, and the foreign service of various countries. The author investigates the life of expatriates while they visit recreational clubs and international schools and also examines how the practices of international human resources management, cross-cultural communication, and promotion of flexible careers are transforming the world of elite overseas workers.
Foreign workers --- Professional employees --- International agencies --- International business enterprises --- Labor and globalization --- Culture and globalization --- Globalization and culture --- Globalization --- Globalization and labor --- Business enterprises, International --- Corporations, International --- Global corporations --- International corporations --- MNEs (International business enterprises) --- Multinational corporations --- Multinational enterprises --- Transnational corporations --- Business enterprises --- Corporations --- Joint ventures --- Associations, International --- IGOs (Intergovernmental organizations) --- Institutions, International --- Intergovernmental organizations --- International administration --- International associations --- International governmental organizations --- International institutions --- International organizations --- International unions --- Organizations, International --- Specialized agencies of the United Nations --- International cooperation --- Interorganizational relations --- Non-state actors (International relations) --- International organization --- Professionals --- Employees --- Alien labor --- Aliens --- Foreign labor --- Guest workers --- Guestworkers --- Immigrant labor --- Immigrant workers --- Migrant labor (Foreign workers) --- Migrant workers (Foreign workers) --- Social life and customs. --- Officials and employees --- Employees. --- Employment --- Social life and customs --- E-books --- #SBIB:39A6 --- #SBIB:39A75 --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen --- Etnografie: Azië --- Inter-governmental organizations --- Noncitizen labor --- Noncitizens
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Chinese Labor in a Korean Factory draws on fieldwork in a multinational corporation (MNC) in Qingdao, China, and delves deep into the power dynamics at play between Korean management, Chinese migrant workers, local-level Chinese government officials, and Chinese local gangs. Anthropologist Jaesok Kim examines how governments, to attract MNCs, relinquish parts of their legal rights over these entities, while MNCs also give up portions of their rights as proxies of global capitalism by complying with local government guidelines to ensure infrastructure and cheap labor. This ethnography demonstrates how a particular MNC struggled with the pressure to be increasingly profitable while negotiating the clash of Korean and Chinese cultures, traditions, and classes on the factory floor of a garment corporation. Chinese Labor in a Korean Factory pays particular attention to common features of post-socialist countries. By analyzing the contentious collaboration between foreign management, factory workers, government officials, and gangs, this study contributes not only to the research on the politics of resistance but also to how global and local forces interact in concrete and surprising ways.
Business anthropology - China - Qingdao. --- Business anthropology -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies. --- Clothing factories - China - Qingdao. --- Clothing factories -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies. --- Corporations, South Korean - China - Qingdao - Sociological aspects. --- Corporations, South Korean -- China -- Qingdao -- Sociological aspects. --- Industrial relations - China - Qingdao. --- Industrial relations -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies. --- International business enterprises - China - Qingdao - Sociological aspects. --- International business enterprises -- China -- Qingdao -- Sociological aspects. --- Labor and globalization - China - Qingdao. --- Labor and globalization -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies. --- Sweatshops - China - Qingdao. --- Sweatshops -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies. --- Corporations, South Korean --- International business enterprises --- Clothing factories --- Sweatshops --- Industrial relations --- Labor and globalization --- Business anthropology --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Industrial Management --- Sociological aspects --- Sociological aspects. --- Sweat shops --- Sweated industries --- Sweating system --- Globalization and labor --- Business enterprises, International --- Corporations, International --- Global corporations --- International corporations --- MNEs (International business enterprises) --- Multinational corporations --- Multinational enterprises --- Transnational corporations --- South Korean corporations --- Capital and labor --- Employee-employer relations --- Employer-employee relations --- Labor and capital --- Labor-management relations --- Labor relations --- Garment factories --- Business --- Corporate anthropology --- Industrial anthropology --- Management anthropology --- Private sector anthropology --- Public sector anthropology --- Anthropological aspects --- Factories --- Anti-sweatshop movement --- Globalization --- Business enterprises --- Corporations --- Joint ventures --- Employees --- Anthropology --- Corporate culture --- E-books --- Labor --- Labor and laboring classes --- Manpower --- Work --- Working class --- K9418.90 --- S11/0830 --- S10/0583 --- S11/1215 --- S11/0534 --- Korea: Economy and industry -- labor and employment -- migrant labor, foreign workers --- China: Social sciences--Labour conditions and trade unions: since 1949 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Management of private enterprises --- China: Social sciences--Works on national minorities and special groups: since 1949 --- China: Social sciences--Class studies
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