Red Globe Press The Political Economy of Work in the Global South: Reflections on Labour Process Theory: 10 (Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment)

Part of the Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment series, this edited collection brings together contributions from leading international scholars to initiate an important dialogue between labour process analysis and scholarship on work in the Global South. This book characterises the forms of work and labour process that characterise globalising capitalism today and addresses core analytical concerns within Labour Process Theory and research on work in the South. It explores how a wide range of production relations in the Global South, ranging from formal to informal employment and self-employment, are embedded in wider social relations of gender, caste, religion and ethnicity, and are related to wider patterns of commodification and resistance. Drawing on cutting-edge research, the book’s chapters consider a diverse range of working situations, covering migrant workers in the Middle East, commercial surrogacy work in India and cooperative garment workers in Argentina. In offering a novel reading of the political economy of work in the Global South and shedding light on lesser-considered fields of work and worker organization, this volume will provide new insights for making sense of the changing world of work for students, scholars, labour activists and practitioners alike. Review In this groundbreaking volume, scholars interested in the labour processes and forms of work produced by contemporary globalising capitalism will find a wealth of material ranging from Latin America, Europe and the Middle East to Asia. Highly recommended reading for any student of the discipline. --Geert De Neve, University of Sussex, UKIts energetic, provocative scholarship will not only encourage the renewal of scholarship on the Global South but also redefine LPT and class analyses in the Global North. --K. R. Shyam Sundar, Xavier School of Management, IndiaAn excellent overview and introduction to labor process analysis and work in the Global South. For anyone interested in this area of research, this is your 'must-buy' book. It reviews current trends, lessons learned from the past, and points to future directions in labor process theory and analysis. --Peter Lund-Thomsen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Review In this groundbreaking volume, scholars interested in the labour processes and forms of work produced by contemporary globalising capitalism will find a wealth of material ranging from Latin America, Europe and the Middle East to Asia. Highly recommended reading for any student of the discipline. – Geert De Neve, University of Sussex, UKIts energetic, provocative scholarship will not only encourage the renewal of scholarship on the Global South but also redefine LPT and class analyses in the Global North. – K. R. Shyam Sundar, Xavier School of Management, IndiaAn excellent overview and introduction to labor process analysis and work in the Global South. For anyone interested in this area of research, this is your "must-buy" book. It reviews current trends, lessons learned from the past, and points to future directions in labor process theory and analysis. – Peter Lund-Thomsen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.This collection offers a rich and comprehensive analysis of the various forms of work, employer control and workers' resistance in the Global South. This unique and original collection of case studies makes a major contribution to labour process analysis, notably by connecting the sphere of work and life through a thick description and an integrated analysis of labour control regimes and the broader sphere of social reproduction. This is a must read! – Christian Lévesque, HEC Montreal, Canada About the Author Anita Hammer is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative and International Human Resource Management at De Montfort University, UK. A Sociologist of work and employment, she researches on the political economy of work in the Global South, in particular India and the M