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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... workforce is soon exhausted, and companies turn to attracting workers from more distant communities. IBP is reported to have imported groups of Mexican and refugee workers, deducting the costs of travel and rent in company-owned ...
... workforce from the ravages of globalization and the neo-liberal agenda? Or do rural communities lack the economic dynamism and social solidarity needed to provide any real buffer to global pressures? The fate of the blue-collar labour ...
... workforce as a whole at each worksite; we paid particular attention to the proportions of men and women and the age of workers. We used an interview guide containing a series of questions and probes designed to elicit information about ...
... workforce. During the period of research, Weavexx maintained a skeleton operation in Arnprior; its plant managers declined to be interviewed. In Wellington Country interviews were conducted largely between 1992 and 1996, that is ...
... workforce, and reducing costs whenever business was slack. He was also careful not to take on debt unless absolutely necessary, typically using capital reserves from the firm for any expansion required during boom times. While the firm ...
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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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