Labor geographies : workers and the landscapes of capitalism

Author(s)

• Herod, Andrew

Bibliographic Information

Labor geographies : workers and the landscapes of capitalism

Andrew Herod

（Perspectives on economic change）

Guilford Press, c2001

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-340) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Discussions of the geographic transformations wrought by capitalism generally treat corporations as the primary agents of spatial change. We hear of billions of dollars flowing here, factories moving there, venture capitalists opening up new markets, and workers having to ""take it or leave it."" Yet labor too is increasingly thinking and acting geographically, whether by struggling to impose national contracts; building regional, national, or international links of solidarity; or engaging in debates over local economic development. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the emerging discipline of labor geography. Combining innovative theoretical analysis with empirical case studies from around the world, Herod examines the spatial contexts and scales in which workers live, organize, and work to address particular economic and political problems. The first book-length text of its kind, this is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in working-class life, workers' organizations, and the contemporary dynamics of capitalism.

Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1. Introduction: Labor and Landscapes Chapter 2. Toward a Labor Geography Chapter 3. Challenging the Global Locally: Labor in a Postindustrial Global City Chapter 4. Spatial Sabotage: Containerization, Union Work Rules, and the Geography of Waterfront Work Chapter 5. Scales of Struggle: Labor's Rescaling of Contract Bargaining in the U.S. East Coast Longshoring Industry, 1953?1989 Chapter 6. Labor as an Agent of Globalization and as a Global Agent Chapter 7. Engineering Spaces of Anti-Communism: Connecting Cold War Global Strategy to Local Everyday Life Chapter 8. Thinking Locally, Acting Globally?: The Practice of International Labor Solidarity and the Geography of the Global Economy Chapter 9. International Labor Union Activity and the Landscapes of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe Notes References Index About the Author

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• NCID: BA57587005
• ISBN:
  • 1572306858
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 352 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA22897913