Labor in a Globalizing City Economic Restructuring in São Paulo, Brazil /

The extraordinary stories of low-income women living in São Paulo, industrial case studies and the details of three squatter settlements, and communities in the periphery researched in Simone Buechler's book, Labor in a Globalizing City, allow us to better understand the period of economic tra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buechler, Simone Judith (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Urban and Landscape Perspectives, 16
Temas:
Economic geography.
International economic integration.
Globalization.
Labor economics.
Microeconomics.
Economic Geography.
Emerging Markets and Globalization.
Labor Economics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Spectrum of Voices in the São Paulo Economy
  • Six Industrial Case Studies: Internal and External Flexibilization and Technological Change
  • The History, Politics, and Economies of Three Communities and their Inhabitants
  • Outsourcing Production and Commerce: A Close Examination of Unregistered Salaried Workers, Sweatshop Workers, Homeworkers and Ambulant Vendors for Firms
  • The Increasingly Precarious Nature of Self-Employment
  • "Destiny is not set in stone": Social Actors, Cooperatives, and Local Coalition-Building
  • Conclusion.

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