Putting Labour in its Place
Labour Process Analysis and Global Value Chains
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Part of the Comparative Work and Employment Relations series, Putting Labour in its Place is an edited collection, containing cutting-edge research and theoretical innovation on global value chains, the nature of work and labour process theory. It addresses the different processes around the world that each add value to the goods or services being produced; whilst also analysing the idea of labour itself and the exploitation surrounding it.
Key benefits:
Written by leading international academics
A landmark text combining the growing interest in global value chains with labour process theory
Provides up-to-date critical analysis of global developments
Key benefits:
Written by leading international academics
A landmark text combining the growing interest in global value chains with labour process theory
Provides up-to-date critical analysis of global developments
Business & Economics / Industrial Management
Social Science / Human Geography
Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations
About this Author
Kirsty Newsome is Reader in Employment Relations at the University of Sheffield and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures at the University of Leicester, UK.
Phil Taylor is Professor of Work and Employment Studies in the Department of Human Resource Management and also Vice Dean International in Strathclyde Business School at the University of Strathclyde, UK.
Jennifer Bair is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
Al Rainnie is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Business School, University of Western Australia, Australia.
Phil Taylor is Professor of Work and Employment Studies in the Department of Human Resource Management and also Vice Dean International in Strathclyde Business School at the University of Strathclyde, UK.
Jennifer Bair is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
Al Rainnie is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Business School, University of Western Australia, Australia.
Reviews
'A rigorous, highly concrete, and geographically sensitive set of studies which examine the structural power of labour, trade union power, labour agency and the labour process in the context of global production, service and logistics networks. This is a must read!' - Doug Miller, Emeritus Professor, University of Northumbria, UK
'In the increasingly crowded field of the study of global value chains, it is crucial that we take more seriously the principal source of value: labour. This theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich book offers powerful new interdisciplinary insights on the study of labour in global value chains.' - Liam Campling, School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, UK
'Putting Labour in its Place is the first robust attempt to situate labour agency within GVC discourses. The conceptual rigor, empirical breadth and multidisciplinary nature of the book will make it appealing to a wide range of scholars and students.' - Christina Niforou, Birmingham Business School, UK
'This welcome and informed book shines a light on the underbelly of Global Production Networks - what does life look like for the workers who make the goods which global markets thoughtlessly consume?' - Raphael Kaplinksky, Open University, UK
'Combining insights from leading researchers in global value chains and labour process theory provides an important and timely contribution to analysis of the rapidly changing dynamics of labour in global production.' - Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester, UK
'In the increasingly crowded field of the study of global value chains, it is crucial that we take more seriously the principal source of value: labour. This theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich book offers powerful new interdisciplinary insights on the study of labour in global value chains.' - Liam Campling, School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, UK
'Putting Labour in its Place is the first robust attempt to situate labour agency within GVC discourses. The conceptual rigor, empirical breadth and multidisciplinary nature of the book will make it appealing to a wide range of scholars and students.' - Christina Niforou, Birmingham Business School, UK
'This welcome and informed book shines a light on the underbelly of Global Production Networks - what does life look like for the workers who make the goods which global markets thoughtlessly consume?' - Raphael Kaplinksky, Open University, UK
'Combining insights from leading researchers in global value chains and labour process theory provides an important and timely contribution to analysis of the rapidly changing dynamics of labour in global production.' - Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester, UK
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