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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... people to thank for their contributions as it took shape and progressed. Our greatest debt is to the people in the five communities who generously gave us their time and shared with us their experiences, both painful and hopeful. We ...
... people to a country barbeque. Do you know what people thought when they pulled into that farm? They show up in a limo and all of us are unemployed. You don't drive up to a country barbeque in a white limo drinking champagne. Bonnie ...
... people in small towns and villages as companies go global and introduce just-in-time production, and as states ... people's paid work, or the absence of it.3 Class is always conditioned by factors other than paid work, among which ...
... people leading their ordinary lives, is what sustains the central place of class in social science analysis and in politics. Readers may feel that workers in small Ontario communities are among the most ordinary and unremarkable people ...
... people caught up in complex political and economic processes. In Chapter 2 we set out our research agenda in the context of the literature. We also present our rationale for examining rural manufacturing communities as emblematic of ...
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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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