Labor in a Globalizing City Economic Restructuring in São Paulo, Brazil /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Buechler, Simone Judith (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Urban and Landscape Perspectives ; 16
• Θέματα: Geography.; Globalization.; Markets.; Economic geography.; Microeconomics.; Labor economics.; Economic Geography.; Emerging Markets/Globalization.; Labor Economics.

The extraordinary stories of low-income women living in São Paulo, industrial case studies and the details of three squatter settlements, and communities in the periphery researched in Simone Buechler’s book, Labor in a Globalizing City, allow us to better understand the period of economic transform...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• The Spectrum of Voices in the São Paulo Economy
• Six Industrial Case Studies: Internal and External Flexibilization and Technological Change
• The History, Politics, and Economies of Three Communities and their Inhabitants
• Outsourcing Production and Commerce: A Close Examination of Unregistered Salaried Workers, Sweatshop Workers, Homeworkers and Ambulant Vendors for Firms
• The Increasingly Precarious Nature of Self-Employment
• “Destiny is not set in stone”: Social Actors, Cooperatives, and Local Coalition-Building
• Conclusion.