Description
Book SynopsisProvides an illuminating account of contemporary globalisation that is grounded in actual transformations in the areas of production and the workplace. It reveals the social and political contests that give 'global' its meaning, by examining the contested nature of globalisation as it is expressed in the restructuring of work. -- .
Trade ReviewThis book belongs to a growing current of work which questions some of the more sweeping claims made by some writers on globalisation. The treatment is original, and the perspective an important one in the academic debate. This is a valuable and well-researched study which should quickly establish itself within the IPE literature.' -- .
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Globalisation, restructuring, and the flexibility discourse
2. International political economy and global social change
3. Producing hyper-flexibility: the restructuring of work in Britain
4. Producing flexi-corporatism: the restructuring of work in Germany
5. The ‘contested firm’: the restructuring of production and work in the international political economy
6. Globalisation at work: unheard voices and invisible agency
Conclusion: An international political economy of work
