The dialectical meaning of offshored work : neoliberal desires and labour arbitrage in post-socialist Romania /

"The Dialectical Meaning of Offshored Work analyzes how offshoring investments function as a platform for intercultural encounters among corporate actors and local populations of hosting communities. The book synthesizes ethnographic research, media reviews, and policy analysis to examine how l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miszczyński, Miłosz (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Colección:Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 146.
Temas:
Since 1989
Offshore outsourcing > Social aspects > Romania.
Employees > Romania > Social conditions.
Labor and globalization > Romania.
Post-communism > Romania.
Impartition à l'étranger > Aspect social > Roumanie.
Personnel > Roumanie > Conditions sociales.
Travail et mondialisation > Roumanie.
Postcommunisme > Roumanie.
Economic history
Employees > Social conditions
Labor and globalization
Post-communism
Social conditions
Romania > Economic conditions > 1989-
Romania > Social conditions > 1989-
Roumanie > Conditions économiques > 1989-
Roumanie > Conditions sociales > 1989-
Romania
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The post-socialist workforce in the global offshoring networks
  • Romania's systemic transformation : chaos, austerity and imposed neoliberal reform
  • The arrival : global assemblage of neoliberal production
  • A journey onto the shop floor : cultural specificity of the offshored plant and workforce adaptation
  • Shop floor culture and routine production process
  • Familial involvement in offshored labour
  • Employee reactions to the plant closure
  • Coping with loss : local agency and offshored labour
  • Conclusions: Labour arbitrage, modernity and the realities of offshored labour.

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