The Laboring of Communication
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1813-9 (ISBN)
The Laboring of Communication examines the transformation of work and of worker organizations in today's Information Society. The book focuses on how traditional trade unions and new worker associations growing out of social movements are coming together to address the crisis of organized labor. It concentrates on the creative responses of the technical and cultural workers in the mass media, telecommunications, and information technology industries.
Concentrating on political economy, labor process, and feminist theory, it proceeds to offer several ways of thinking about communication workers and the nature of the society in which they work. Drawing on interviews and the documentary record, the book offers case studies of successful and unsuccessful efforts among both traditional and alternative worker organizations in the United States and Canada. It concludes by addressing the thorny issue of outsourcing, describing how global labor federations and nascent worker organizations in the developing world are coming together to develop creative solutions.
Catherine McKercher is professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. Vincent Mosco is professor of sociology and Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society at Queen's University.
Chapter 1 Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 1 Introduction: New Responses to Bad Times for Organized Labor
Chapter 4 2 Theorizing Knowledge Labor
Chapter 5 3 Women and Work: Feminism and Political Economy
Chapter 6 4 Convergence, Solidarity, and Labor Power: The Dream of One Big Union
Chapter 7 5 Labor Convergence in the Information Economy
Chapter 8 6 Beyond Business as Usual: Social Movement Unionism and Information Workers
Chapter 9 7 Workers in a Changing Global Division of Labor
Chapter 10 References
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.6.2008 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Critical Media Studies |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 517 g |
| Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7391-1813-7 / 0739118137 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-1813-9 / 9780739118139 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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