Globalization Lived Locally

A Labour Geography Perspective

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ID19971996
AuthorsP Neethi (0000-0002-0553-8040), Neethi P (corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages264
Publication date2016-02-18
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueGlobalization Lived Locally (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199463626.001.0001
OpenAlexW4247175441
ISBN9780199463626
Open LibraryOL28587686M
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This book concerns the broad theme of globalization and labour, particularly female labour, and applies the 'labour geography' approach to examine contemporary forms of labour control, conflict, and response under a globalization regime in Kerala state in India, through four diverse in-depth empirical case studies set in this state. This book concentrates on the transforming nature of work under capitalism, and has three interrelated aims: (a) to identify the myriad forms of globalization, as against casting it as a monolith; (b) to perceive workers as active social agents rather than as passive subjects; and (c) to reflect on local discourses of globalization and related issues. Kerala has been chosen as the setting because the state's labour scenario has dramatically changed, especially in the second half of the twentieth century. While constructing a collage of certain contemporary trends in Kerala's labour market, this book moves away from the approaches prescribed by economic orthodoxy and borrows from sociological, anthropological, and partly from ethnographic approaches. A geographic perspective allows us to appreciate local variability and uneven development in the labour market, and to chart the complex landscape in which contemporary workers live, work, and struggle. The four distinct, theoretically-driven case studies also help in bringing out the role played by various seemingly unlikely actors in the labour market. Questioning global stereotypes, the book argues that labour becomes actively involved in the very process of globalization and the expansion of capital

Geography · Globalization · Political science · Emotional Labor in Professions · Indian Economic and Social Development · Social and Economic Development in India · Case studies · Economic aspects · Economic conditions · History · India · Industries · Labor economics · Labor market

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