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John Urry - Offshoring - 9780745664859 - V9780745664859
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Offshoring

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Description for Offshoring Hardcover. The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KCL; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.

The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies. These often secretive activities offshore also involve relations of work, finance, pleasure, waste, energy and security. Powerful and pervasive offshore worlds have been generated, posing huge challenges both for governments and for citizens.

This book documents the various patterns of offshoring Ð of the economy, sociability, politics and the environment. In each case, offshoring generates new patterns of power, reduces the ... Read more

The book concludes by considering whether offshoring can be reversed Ð whether it is possible to bring about the systematic ‘reshoring’ of relations that would be good for democracy and for developing low-carbon futures. Urry portrays the coming century as being poised between even more extreme offshoring and various endeavours to bring back 'home' that which has currently escaped 'over the horizon'.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745664859
SKU
V9780745664859
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About John Urry
John Urry (1946-2016) was Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University

Reviews for Offshoring
"An informative accounting of the consequences of an offshoring world and an impassioned critique of the offshored condition." Theory, Culture & Society "Offshoring shines a light on yet another of the shadowy realms upon which contemporary capitalist normalities rest." Times Higher Education "Urry writes with clarity and offers very useful examples to explain points.I would ... Read more

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