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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McKay, Steven C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Series:Cornell paperbacks.
Subjects:
Electronic industry workers > Philippines.
High technology industries > Philippines.
Industrial relations > Philippines.
Relations industrielles > Philippines.
Industries électroniques > Personnel > Philippines.
Industries de pointe > Philippines.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
Electronic industry workers
High technology industries
Industrial relations
Philippines
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. A New Politics of Production
  • 2. Global Electronics, Filipino Workers, and the Regulatory State
  • 3. High Tech, High Performance? The False Promise of Empowerment
  • 4. Strategic Localization and Manufacturing Commitment
  • 5. Asymmetric Agency: The Workers Respond
  • 6. The Local and the Global
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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