| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms used in the book -- Preface: the Landscape of Labour -- A note on geographical terminology -- Chapter 1 -- Orientations -- Part I: Geographies of Labour -- Chapter 2 -- The Social Relations of Labour: Working in a Capitalist World -- Chapter 3 -- Placing Labout in an Interdependent World -- Chapter 4 -- Spacing and Scaling Labour -- Part II: Labour in Place -- Chapter 5 -- Re/placing Labour -- Chapter 6 -- Varieties of Localism -- Part III: Re-scaling Labour -- Chapter 7 -- Dis/placing Labour -- Chapter 8 -- Up-scaling Worker Action -- Part IV: Workers, Geographical Scale and In/justice -- Chapter 9 -- The Geographical Dilemmas of Justice -- Glossary -- Appendix: Different Approaches to Theorizing Labour -- Further Reading and Key Questions -- List of Websites and Other Learning Resources -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
This is an accessible examination of the role of labour in the modern world. The authors critically assess the present condition and future prospects for workers through the geographies of place, space and scale, and in conjunction with other more commonly studied components of globalization |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Labor.
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Capitalism.
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Working class -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Marxian economics.
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Institutional economics.
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Economic geography.
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Work
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labor.
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capitalism.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Capitalism
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Economic geography
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Institutional economics
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Labor
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Marxian economics
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Working class -- Economic conditions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Castree, Noel, 1968-
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| ISBN |
9781412931618 |
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1412931614 |
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9781446221044 |
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1446221040 |
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9780761972167 |
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0761972161 |
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6610370702 |
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9786610370702 |
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