{"product_id":"grounding-globalization-9781405129145","title":"Grounding Globalization","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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 Highligh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Grounding Globalization represents a culmination of the individual and collective efforts of the authors to establish a ‘new’ international labour studies. It is a bold and ambitious project, but it is also one precisely based on a ‘grounded’ understanding of how workers live their lives, adapt to the discipline of the market, and sometimes vigorously contest it.\" (\u003ci\u003eLabor History Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2008)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: A Journey of Discovery.  \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Polanyi Problem and the Problem with Polanyi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Markets Against Society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Manufacturing Matters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Return of Market Despotism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Citizenship Matters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Society Against Markets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Strong Winds in Ezakheni.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Escaping Social Death in Changwon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Squeezing Orange.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Society Governing the Market?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. History Matters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Grounding Labour Internationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Necessity for Utopian Thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50015339708759,"sku":"9781405129145","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405129145.jpg?v=1739908395","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/grounding-globalization-9781405129145","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}