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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... gender, race, region, and age. These important factors are considered in our research context. Most importantly, however, we submit our study as a contribution to the literature that argues for the continued salience of class analysis ...
... gender relations, labour processes, political affiliations, and forms of consciousness are examined by Corman et al. (1993; see also Leach 1998) for Stelco in Hamilton steelworkers, and by Mawhiney and Pitblado (1999) for Elliot Lake ...
... gender difference that still pertains, nevertheless, is women's responsibility for caring for dependents, both young and old. This leads women towards part-time work, especially as the state retreats from its responsibilities in ...
... gender, age, race and ethnicity, and nationality. Bringing. Globalization. 'Down. to. Earth': The. Rural. Community. Context. The host of changes described above are happening in a variety of social contexts, with different impacts for ...
... gender, age, race, and ethnicity. The term 'rural' tends to have been historically associated with agriculture, but also with other forms of primary activity such as forestry. The decline of agriculture has led to a default definition ...
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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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