TY - BOOK AU - Buechler,Simone Judith TI - Labor in a Globalizing City: Economic Restructuring in São Paulo, Brazil T2 - Urban and Landscape Perspectives SN - 9783319016610 U1 - 330.9 22 KW - Economic geography KW - Globalization KW - Labor economics KW - Markets KW - Microeconomics KW - Economic Geography KW - Emerging Markets N1 - 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 ER -