Transnational Corporations from the Standpoint of Workers
Rathzel, Nora; Mulinari, Diana; Tollefsen, Aina
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Paperback. This book explores the history and global expansion of AB Volvo, one of the hundred largest corporations in the world, through the experiences of its workers in Sweden, Mexico, South Africa, and India. It investigates how neo-liberalisation has transformed the company into a promoter of lean production, at the expense of the workers' needs. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBL; JPS; KCD; KCF; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
This book explores the history and global expansion of AB Volvo, one of the hundred largest corporations in the world, through the experiences of its workers in Sweden, Mexico, South Africa, and India. It investigates how neo-liberalisation has transformed the company into a promoter of lean production, at the expense of the workers' needs.
This book explores the history and global expansion of AB Volvo, one of the hundred largest corporations in the world, through the experiences of its workers in Sweden, Mexico, South Africa, and India. It investigates how neo-liberalisation has transformed the company into a promoter of lean production, at the expense of the workers' needs.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
Number of Pages
311
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349458660
SKU
V9781349458660
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Ref
99-15
About Rathzel, Nora; Mulinari, Diana; Tollefsen, Aina
Nora Räthzel is Professor of Sociology at the University of Umeå, Sweden and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Surrey, UK and Vigo, Spain. Her publications include: Finding the Way Home. Young Peoples' Stories of Gender Ethnicity, Class and Place in Hamburg and London (with Phil Cohen, Les Back, Michael Keith, and Andreas Hieronymus, 2008), and Trade Unions in the ... Read more
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