Labour in a global world : case studies from the white goods industry in Africa, South America, East Asia and Europe
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Bibliographic Information
Labour in a global world : case studies from the white goods industry in Africa, South America, East Asia and Europe
(The future of work series / editor Peter Nolan)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
- : cloth
Available at 7 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book gets behind much generality about globalisation to examine the production of relatively familiar commodities such as refrigerators and ovens in different countries. By considering a range of countries - China, Taiwan and South Korea, South Africa, Brazil and Turkey - it makes a substantive contribution to the understanding of the diffusion of management methods, the role of the state in employee relations, the nature of trade unionism and the impact of social structure on production relations.
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgements The World of White Goods - Markets, Industry Structure and Dynamics The View from the UK: Mature Markets, High Imports and Other Problems South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe: White Goods in Post-Colonial Societies China: The Rise of the Foreign Investment and the Transformation of Labour Relations Taiwan: The Disappearance of the 'Golden Tale' - Employment Relations in a Japanese Joint Venture Turkey: White Goods in the 'EU Periphery' Brazil: Between Global Trends and National Politics - Restructuring and Workers' Responses Labour in a Global World - Some Comparisons Index
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