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Satanic Mills or Silicon Islands? : The Politics of High-Tech Production in the Philippines /

Satanic Mills or Silicon Islands? challenges the myth of globalization's homogenizing power, arguing that the uniqueness of place is becoming more, not less important. Steven McKay documents how multinational firms secure worker control and consent by reaching beyond the high-tech factory and i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McKay, Steven C. (Steven Charles)
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A new politics of production
  • Global electronics, Filipino workers, and the regulatory state
  • High tech, high performance? : the false promise of empowerment
  • Strategic localization and manufacturing commitment
  • Asymmetric agency : the workers respond
  • The local and the global.