Contesting the corporation : struggle, power and resistance in organizations / Peter Fleming, André Spicer.
"In an age when large corporations dominate the economic and political landscape, it is tempting to think that their power goes largely unchecked. Contesting the Corporation counters this view by showing that today's corporations are fundamentally contested spheres driven by political stru...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "In an age when large corporations dominate the economic and political landscape, it is tempting to think that their power goes largely unchecked. Contesting the Corporation counters this view by showing that today's corporations are fundamentally contested spheres driven by political struggle, power plays and attempts to resist control. Building on a wide range of theoretical sources, Fleming and Spicer present an analysis of the different ways in which power operates within the modern workplace. They begin by building a theoretical perspective that synthesizes previous investigations of power and resistance, identifying struggle as a key concept. Each subsequent chapter illustrates a different dimension of workplace struggle through an array of original empirical studies relating to sexuality, cynicism, new social movements and new-wave trade unionism. The book concludes by demonstrating that social justice claims underlie even the most innocuous forms of resistance, helping to transform some of the largest modern corporations."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 227 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511628048 9780511628047 0521169534 9780521169530 1107315670 9781107315679 1107316634 9781107316638 1107317592 9781107317598 1107322022 9781107322028 129939972X 9781299399723 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511628047 |