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Sujet: Journal 'Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation', Volume I no 2
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:13:51 +0200
De: Sandra Volders <sandra.volders at hiva.kuleuven.be>


We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume I No 2 of Work
Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, also published independently as 
a 208-page book entitled Defragmenting: towards a critical understanding 
of the new global division of labour, in association with Merlin Press 
in the UK and Fernwood Publishing in Canada.

Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation brings together insights 
from the fields of Political Economy, Organisational theory, 
Communications Studies, Labour Sociology, Gender Studies, Economic 
Geography, Trade Union Studies and Development Studies to further our 
understanding of the new international division of labour that is 
emerging in a global knowledge economy.

To find out more or to subscribe, go to <http://www.cybertariat.com/> 
and take advantage of our special introductory rates (valid only until 
November) Or to read online go to
<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/analytica/wolg>
Please forward to anyone you think might be interested.

Contents
Conceptualising globalisation: fossil energy, global finance and the 
labour market by Elmar Altvater
Capitalist flattening or flattening capitalism? class forces and 
political choices in the global knowledge economy by David Coates
The emergence of EMERGENCE: the challenge of designing research on the 
new international division of labour by Ursula Huws
Network economy or just a new breed of multinationals? relocation of 
eWork as a window into the restructuring of value chains by Jörg Flecker
Catching a butterfly: Mapping eWork in Europe and Australia by Peter Standen
Navigating the seamless environment in the global supply chain: 
implications for Canadian regions and workers by Penny Gurstein
Regions and firms in eWork Relocation Dynamics: Pittsburgh’s call centre
industry by Chris Benner
Smart City North: local economic and labour force impacts of call 
centres by Laura Schatz and Laura C. Johnson
Global forces and national institutions: the shaping of call centre
employment in Colombia by Anita Weiss
Behind the screens: telemediated work in the Canadian public sector by
Norene Pupo
Workers' knowledge in the 'knowledge society': voices from the South by
Sujata Gothoskar
Productive restructuring and labour: the auto industry in Brazil by 
Marcia Leite
The nexus of informatisation and internationalisation: a new stage in 
the internationalisation of labour by Andreas Boes and Tobias Kämpf

Submissions to future issues are welcomed, especially from contributors 
in the global South. Future topics will include: trade union responses 
to globalisation, the role of global corporations in the privatisation 
of public services, informalisation and migration.
APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING
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Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University
and Director of Analytica Social and Economic Research
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