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Author Nichols, Theo.

Title Labour in a global world : case studies from the white goods industry in Africa, South America, East Asia, and Europe / Theo Nichols and Surhan Cam
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

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Description xviii, 244 pages ; 22.4 cm
Series The future of work series, 1-4039-1477-X
Future of Work series.
Contents Ch. 1. The world of white goods - markets, industry structure and dynamics / Theo Nichols and Surhan Cam -- Ch. 2. The view from the UK - mature markets, high imports and other problems / Theo Nichols and Surhan Cam -- Ch. 3. South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe - white goods in post-colonial societies : markets, the state and production / Andries Bezuidenhout -- Ch. 4. China - white goods and the capitalist transformation / Wei Zhao, Theo Nichols and Surhan Cam -- Ch. 5. Taiwan : the disappearance of the 'golden tale' - white goods in a changing global economy / Wen-chi Grace Chou, Theo Nichols and Surhan Cam -- Ch. 6. Turkey : the development of white goods in the 'EU periphery' / Nadir Sugur and Theo Nichols -- Ch. 7. Brazil : between global trends and national politics - restructuring and workers' responses / Angela Maria Carneiro Araujo, Leda Gitahy, Alessandra Rachid and Adriana Marques da Cunha
Ch. 8. Labour in a global world - some comparisons / Theo Nichols and Surhan Cam
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Electric household appliances industry -- Case studies.
Household appliances industry -- Case studies.
Labor market.
Industrial organization.
Industrial relations.
Globalization -- Economic aspects.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Author Cam, Surhan, 1966-
LC no. 2005040246
ISBN 1403939799 (cloth)
Other Titles White goods industry in Africa, South America, East Asia, and Europe