International competition and skills shortages caused by technological advancement have raised entirely new issues for workers, not least how responsibility is increasingly being transferred to them. This book looks at how workers are expected to survive unstable job market conditions in three locations: the UK, Singapore, and South Korea. INDICE: Introduction: The International Political Economy of Work - Work, Employability, Subjectivity - Skills Revolutions in the 'West' - Skills Revolutions in the 'East' - Employability as Renewed Subjectivity: Sooda, and Peer Production - Bibliography -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-51794-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 10/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés