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This edited volume seeks to enhance our understanding of the concepts of space and place in the study of digital work. It argues that while digital work is often presented as 'placeless', work always takes place somewhere with a certain degree of local embeddedness. Contributors to this collection address restructuring processes that bring about delocalised digital work and point out limitations to dislocation inherent in the work itself, and the social relations or the physical artefacts involved. Exploring the dynamics of global value chains and shifts in the international division of labour, this book explores the impact these have on employment and working conditions, workers' agency in shaping and coping with changes in work, and the new competencies needed in virtual organisational environments. Combining different disciplinary perspectives, the volume teases out the spatial aspects of digital work at different scales ranging from team level to that of global production networks. .

Social sciences. --- Sociology. --- Social structure. --- Social inequality. --- Economic sociology. --- Social Sciences. --- Sociology, general. --- Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. --- Social Structure, Social Inequality. --- Information technology. --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Economic sociology --- Economics --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Sociology --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Social institutions --- Social aspects --- Equality.

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Conservatism --- Populism --- Radicalism --- Work environment --- Working class --- Attitudes

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In this paper the main findings of the company case studies, which focused on service providers in the electricity and local public transport sectors, in postal services and in hospitals in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Sweden and the UK.

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"Public services throughout Europe have undergone dramatic restructuring processes in recent years in connection with liberalization and privatization. While evaluations of the successes of public services have focused on prices and efficiency, much less attention has been paid to the impacts of liberalization and privatization on employment, labor relations, and working conditions. This book addresses this gap by illustrating the ways in which liberalization has contributed to increasing private and foreign ownership of public services, the decentralization of labor relations has amplified pressure on wages, and decreasing employment numbers and increasing workloads have improved productivity partly at the cost of service quality. Examining diverse public-service sectors including network industries, public transportation, and hospitals, and using international case studies, Privatization of Public Services covers a wide range of aspects of service provision, with particular emphasis on companies and workers. The result is a unique picture of the changes created by the liberalization processes in Europe. "--

Privatization --- Public utilities --- Free enterprise

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Arbeidsmarkt --- #SBIB:316.334.2A528 --- #SBIB:316.334.2A531 --- #SBIB:316.334.2A525 --- Organisatiesociologie: arbeidssituatie en arbeidsomstandigheden: transport en communicatie --- Organisatiesociologie: arbeidssituatie en arbeidsomstandigheden: andere diensten: overheid, onderwijs, onderzoek, gezondheid, cultuur en recreatie --- Organisatiesociologie: arbeidssituatie en arbeidsomstandigheden: andere nijverheden --- Arbeidsmarkt.