Grounding Globalization: Labour in the Age of Insecurity

by Edward Webster, Andries Beziudenhout, Rob Lambert, et al.

Book Overview

*Winner of the 2009 Distinguished Scholarly Monograph Prize, awarded by the American Sociological Association Labor and Labor Movements section*

Claims have been made on the emergence of a new labour internationalism in response to the growing insecurity created by globalization. However, when persons face conditions of insecurity they often turn inwards. The book contains a warning and a sign of hope. Some workers become fatalistic, even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140512914X
• ISBN13: 9781405129145
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"