Description: Contingent Work, Disrupted LivesLabour and Community in the New Rural Economy Author(s): Belinda Leach, Anthony Winson Format: Paperback Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada Imprint: University of Toronto Press ISBN-13: 9780802084262, 978-0802084262 Synopsis Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives examines the repercussions of economic globalization on several manufacturing-dependent rural communities in Canada. Foregrounding a distinct interest in the 'grassroots' effects of such contemporary corporate strategies as plant closures and downsizing, authors Anthony Winson and Belinda Leach consider the impact of this restructuring on the residents of various communities. The authors argue that the new rural economy involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of people's lives and, ultimately, it causes wrenching change and an arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives in the new economic terrain. Beginning with broader theoretical and empirical literature on global changes in the economy and the effects of these changes on labour, the text then focuses exploration on manufacturing in Ontario with an analysis of five community case studies. Winson and Leach give considerable attention to the testimony of numerous residents; they report on in-depth interviews with key respondents and blue-collar workers in five separate communities, ranging from diverse manufacturing towns to single-industry settlements. The result is an intimate contextual knowledge of the workers' lives and their attempts to adapt to the tumultuous economic terrain of 1990s rural Canada. Winner of the John Porter Prize for 2003, awarded by the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association.
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Book Title: Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Name: Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives: Labour and Community in the New Rural Economy
Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Item Height: 223 mm
Subject: Government
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 364 g
Subject Area: Social Work
Author: Belinda Leach, Anthony Winson
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
Format: Paperback
