Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives: Labour and Community in the New Rural EconomyUniversity of Toronto Press, 2002 M11 23 - 192 páginas Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives examines the repercussions of economic globalization on several manufacturing-dependent rural communities in Canada. Foregrounding a distinct interest in the 'grassroots' effects of such contemporary corporate strategies as plant closures and downsizing, authors Anthony Winson and Belinda Leach consider the impact of this restructuring on the residents of various communities. The authors argue that the new rural economy involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of people's lives and, ultimately, it causes wrenching change and an arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives in the new economic terrain. Beginning with broader theoretical and empirical literature on global changes in the economy and the effects of these changes on labour, the text then focuses exploration on manufacturing in Ontario with an analysis of five community case studies. Winson and Leach give considerable attention to the testimony of numerous residents; they report on in-depth interviews with key respondents and blue-collar workers in five separate communities, ranging from diverse manufacturing towns to single-industry settlements. The result is an intimate contextual knowledge of the workers' lives and their attempts to adapt to the tumultuous economic terrain of 1990s rural Canada. Winner of the John Porter Prize for 2003, awarded by the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association. |
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... Canadian Tri Council via the Agro-EcoSystem Health project at the University of Guelph. The University of Guelph also supported both of us through research leaves to work on the project. We appreciate the assistance of the Social ...
... Canadians, according to the head of a leading Canadian polling company assessing surveys taken over the previous three years, expressed a growing sense of insecurity, aimlessness, and disengagement from society, together with the belief ...
... Canadian economy and income levels among workers. Following Burke and Shields (1999), we argue against reliance on official ways of measuring employment and unemployment, and argue that there are good reasons for the distinction between ...
... Canadian context. Before we consider in greater depth the case for studying such communities, we shall situate our study within the broader theoretical literature. At the most general level, there has been a theoretical concern to ...
... Canadian individuals and families living there. Labour markets and changing labour processes arguably lie at the core of the macrorestructuring that is taking place in our society today. Understanding these phenomenon are.
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The New Rural Economy and the Shape of Restructuring | 73 |
Skidding into the Contingent Work World | 113 |
Economic Diversity Sustainability | 155 |
Some Concluding Thoughts | 174 |
Notes | 187 |
Glossary | 201 |
Index | 221 |
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