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
Main Author: McKay, Steven C. (Steven Charles)
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Industrial relations.
High technology industries.
Electronic industry workers.
Industries de pointe > Philippines.
Industries electroniques > Personnel > Philippines.
Relations industrielles > Philippines.
High technology industries > Philippines.
Electronic industry workers > Philippines.
Industrial relations > Philippines.
Philippines.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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