Title Contingent work, disrupted lives : labour and community in the new rural economy / Anthony Winson and Belinda Leach

Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in comparative political economy and public policy Studies in comparative political economy and public policy. Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Global and the Local: Understanding Globalization through Community Research -- 3 Community Sketches, History, and Method -- 4 The New Rural Economy and the Shape of Restructuring -- 5 Skidding into the Contingent Work World -- 6 'Forget All Your Dreams and Good Luck with Your Life': Lay-Off and the New Reality of Contingent Labour -- 7 Economic Diversity, Sustainability, and Manufacturing Communities -- 8 Some Concluding Thoughts -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C De -- f -- g -- h -- i -- j -- k -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- y Summary Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives examines the repercussions of economic globalization on several manufacturing-dependent rural communities in Canada. Foregrounding a distinct interest in the 'grassroots' effects of such contemporary corporate strategies as plant closures and downsizing, authors Anthony Winson and Belinda Leach consider the impact of this restructuring on the residents of various communities. The authors argue that the new rural economy involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of people's lives and, ultimately, it causes wrenching change and an arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives in the new economic terrain. Beginning with broader theoretical and empirical literature on global changes in the economy and the effects of these changes on labour, the text then focuses exploration on manufacturing in Ontario with an analysis of five community case studies. Winson and Leach give considerable attention to the testimony of numerous residents; they report on in-depth interviews with key respondents and blue-collar workers in five separate communities, ranging from diverse manufacturing towns to single-industry settlements. The result is an intimate contextual knowledge of the workers' lives and their attempts to adapt to the tumultuous economic terrain of 1990s rural Canada. Winner of the John Porter Prize for 2003, awarded by the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Rural unemployment -- Ontario Displaced workers -- Ontario Rural industries -- Ontario Working class -- Ontario Deindustrialization -- Ontario -- History Globalization -- Social aspects -- Ontario Deindustrialization -- Ontario BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General. Deindustrialization Displaced workers Globalization -- Social aspects Rural industries Rural unemployment Working class Ontario Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Leach, Belinda, 1954- ISBN 9781442673373 1442673370 1282014560 9781282014565

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