Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives : Labour and Community in the New Rural Economy /

Show other versions (1)

Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives examines the repercussions of economic globalization on several manufacturing-dependent rural communities in Canada. Foregrounding a distinct interest in the 'grassroots' effects of such contemporary corporate strategies as plant closures and downsizing, au...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winson, Anthony, 1952-
Other Authors: Leach, Belinda, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class.
Rural unemployment.
Rural industries.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Displaced workers.
Deindustrialization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Desindustrialisation > Ontario > Histoire.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Ontario.
Desindustrialisation > Ontario.
Travailleurs > Ontario.
Industrie rurale > Ontario.
Travailleurs licencies > Ontario.
Chômage en milieu rural > Ontario.
Deindustrialization > Ontario.
Globalization > Social aspects > Ontario.
Deindustrialization > Ontario > History.
Working class > Ontario.
Rural industries > Ontario.
Displaced workers > Ontario.
Rural unemployment > Ontario.
Ontario.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Global and the Local: Understanding Globalization through Community Research
  • 3 Community Sketches, History, and Method
  • 4 The New Rural Economy and the Shape of Restructuring
  • 5 Skidding into the Contingent Work World
  • 6 'Forget All Your Dreams and Good Luck with Your Life': Lay-Off and the New Reality of Contingent Labour
  • 7 Economic Diversity, Sustainability, and Manufacturing Communities
  • 8 Some Concluding Thoughts
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • De
  • f
  • g
  • h
  • i
  • j
  • k
  • l
  • m
  • n
  • o
  • p
  • r
  • s
  • t
  • u
  • v
  • w
  • y

Similar Items