Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization : The Labor Process and the Changing Nature of Work in the Global Economy

Labor and capital at the dawn of the twenty-first century / Jerry Lembcke -- Labor, capital, and the struggle for control at the point of production / David Gartman -- The labor process and the transformation of corporate control in the global economy / Harland Prechel -- Working women and the dynamics of power at work / Marina A. Adler -- Race, nationality, and the division of labor in U.S. Agriculture / John C. Leggett -- The global economy and changes in the nature of contingent work / Robert E. Parker -- The political economy of global accumulation and its emerging mode of regulation / Behzad Yaghmaian -- Women's work and resistance in the global economy / Julia D. Fox -- Dynamics of globalization / Cyrus Bina and Chuck Davis -- Globalization of capital and class struggle / Walda Katz-Fishman, Jerome Scott, and Ife Modupe. This book offers a timely analysis of work and labor processes and how they are rapidly changing under globalization. The contributors explore traditional sectors of the U.S. and world economies - from auto to steel to agriculture - as well as work under new production arrangements, such as third world export processing zones. Many chapters analyze changing dynamics of gender, nationality, and class. The contributors explain why more intensified forms of control by the state and by capital interests are emerging under globalization. Yet they also emphasize new possibilities for labor, including new forms of organizing and power sharing in a rapidly changing economy.