Labor in a Globalizing CityEconomic Restructuring in São Paulo, Brazil
330.9 BUE
Buechler, Simone Judith
L176
Labor in a Globalizing City Economic Restructuring in São Paulo, Brazil
/ by Simone Judith Buechler.
xiv, 340 p.
— ( Urban and Landscape Perspectives ; 16 ).
Introduction -- The Spectrum of Voices in the São Paulo Economy -- Six Industrial Case Studies: Internal and External Flexibilization and Technological Change -- The History, Politics, and Economies of Three Communities and their Inhabitants -- Outsourcing Production and Commerce: A Close Examination of Unregistered Salaried Workers, Sweatshop Workers, Homeworkers and Ambulant Vendors for Firms -- The Increasingly Precarious Nature of Self-Employment -- "Destiny is not set in stone": Social Actors, Cooperatives, and Local Coalition-Building -- Conclusion.
