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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... plants and hired women and visible minority workers . As Fink shows , the new industry built on existing rural ideas ... plant shutdown to their advantage . The experience and consequences of this form of industrialization in Canadian ...
... plant in Elora , a picturesque town in Wellington County , Ontario . In 1993 and 1994 we extended the study to workers in the towns of Harriston and Mount Forest , also in Wellington County , 46 Contingent Work , Disrupted Lives.
... plant managers . Single - industry communities have historically been a distinguishing feature of the Canadian economy , especially in hinterland areas ( Lucas 1971 ) . Sometimes , as in the case of pulp - and - paper mill towns , the ...
... plant managers provided infor- mation about their company's past and future , as well as data on their current workforce . During the period of research , Weavexx maintained a skeleton operation in Arnprior ; its plant managers declined ...
... plant . Elora has a dramatic geographic setting , sitting at the point where the Grand River is forced to squeeze through a narrow gorge . The beauty of the gorge , now surrounded by a conservation area , makes Elora a popular tourist ...
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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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