Bringing the labor process back in: global production networks and work -- Beyond the "new economy": the global restructuring of production models in the IT industry -- Reshaping the international division of labor: global production networks in electronics contract manufacturing -- Global Taylorism? Work and politics of production in low-cost locations -- From Silicon Valley to Shenzhen: network-based mass production, industrial development, and work
Summary
This seminal study explores the significant changes in the global IT industry as production has shifted from the developed world to massive sites in the developing world that house hundreds of thousands of workers in appalling low-wage conditions to minimize labor costs. The authors trace the development of the new networks of globalized mass production in the IT industry and the reorganization of work since the 1990s, capturing the systemic nature of an industry-wide restructuring of production and work in the global context. Their wide-ranging and detailed analysis takes the debates on the g
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Revised English translation of: Von Silicon Valley nach Shenzhen : globale Produktion und Arbeit in der IT-Industrie / Stefanie Hürtgen ... [and others]
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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