This book explores the history and global expansion of AB Volvo, one of the hundred largest corporations in the world, through the experiences of its workers in Sweden, Mexico, South Africa, and India. It investigates how neo-liberalisation has transformed the company into a promoter of lean production, at the expense of the workers' needs.
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Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
Publication Date: 12 Aug 2014
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781137323040
About A. TollefsenD. MulinariN. Räthzel
Nora Räthzel is Professor of Sociology at the University of Umeå Sweden and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Surrey UK and Vigo Spain. Her publications include: Finding the Way Home. Young Peoples' Stories of Gender Ethnicity Class and Place in Hamburg and London (with Phil Cohen Les Back Michael Keith and Andreas Hieronymus 2008) and Trade Unions in the Green Economy (with David Uzzell 2013). Diana Mulinari is Professor of Sociology at the Centre of Gender Studies University of Lund Sweden. She has written extensively on gender and development in Latin America and on the intersections of gender race ethnicity and class in the context of the Swedish welfare state. Her publications include: Complying with Colonialism. Gender Race and Ethnicity in the Nordic Region (with Suvi Keskiknen Sari Irni and Salla Touri 2009). Aina Tollefsen is Reader in Geography at the Department of Geography and Economic History University of Umeå Sweden. She has written extensively on labour migration critical development studies and globalisation. Her publications include: Globalisering (with Tommy Jensen 2012) Of Berries and Seasonal Work: The Swedish Berry Industry and the Disciplining of Labour Migration from Thailand (withMadeleine Eriksson 2013).