Thiefing a Chance : Factory Work, Illicit Labor, and Neoliberal Subjectivities in Trinidad /

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"When an IMF-backed program of liberalization opened Trinidad's borders to foreign ready-made apparel, global competition damaged the local industry and unraveled worker entitlements and expectations but also presented new economic opportunities for engaging the "global" market....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Prentice, Rebecca
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Work environment.
Neoliberalism.
Clothing workers.
Clothing factories.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Travailleurs du vêtement > Trinite-et-Tobago > Trinite (Île)
Ateliers de confection > Trinite-et-Tobago > Trinite (Île)
Neo-liberalisme > Trinite-et-Tobago > Trinite (Île)
Clothing workers > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Clothing factories > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Work environment > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Neoliberalism > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • Map of trinidad
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Being a factory the signature way
  • Raced and emplaced : the signature fashions workers
  • "Is we own factory" : thiefing a chance on the shop floor
  • "Keeping up with style" : the struggle for skill
  • "Use a next hand" : risk, injury the body at work
  • "Kidnapping go build back we economy" : criminal tropes in neoliberal capitalism
  • Conclusions: work, risk and love
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography.

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