Globalization and Work

Steve Williams is principal lecturer in employment relations at Portsmouth Business School.Harriet Bradley is professor of women’s employment at the University of the West of England, Bristol.Ranji Devadason is senior lecturer in social science at the School of Society, Enterprise and Environment, Bath Spa University.Mark Erickson is principal lecturer in sociology at the University of Brighton.

• List of boxesList of tables and figuresPreface: About this book        Chapter 1. Globalization and work: an introduction     Chapter 2. Consumption, work and identity in a globalizing world  Chapter 3. Multinationals, work and employment in the global economy  Chapter 4. Globalization and the regulation of international labour standards Chapter 5. Globalization, labour and social movements    Chapter 6. Work and the management of labour in ‘global factories’ Chapter 7. Globalization and migrant labour     Chapter 8. Globalization and transnational mobility     Chapter 9. Work, gender and intersectional inequalities  Chapter 10. Globalization and labour conflict    Chapter 11. Conclusion      Bibliography

"This book should be received gratefully and read avidly by lecturers and students alike. It provides a critical, sociological perspective on a wide-ranging set of themes and issues. It is highly accessible while remaining sophisticated and rigorous in its analysis. It is empirically rich and theoretically informed and the clear commitment to progressive social change should inspire students."Work, Employment and Society''Globalization is reshaping the world of work, creating new challenges for labor studies, as well as for activists and policy-makers. Drawing on examples from around the world, this clear and accessible overview is an invaluable resource for readers hoping to understand, and engage in, a rapidly changing world.''Gay Seidman, University of Wisconsin-Madison''Globalization and Work, written by experienced authorities, is an up-to-date bringing together of sociological research on the topic. Its nuanced distinctive perspective brings out how work is experienced, inequality and power, agency and resistance, and labour migrants and movements. It’s user-friendly and timely reading for students and experts.''Luke Martell, University of Sussex''While the title of this book is Globalization and Work, its scope is much wider, admirably showing the centrality of theorizing and grasping substantively both globalization and work in order to understand the contemporary world. It is an impressive work of scholarship and reflection, with something to offer students, teachers and researchers over a wide variety of subject areas.''Leslie Sklair, London School of Economics