Module Introduction
and Information
Unit 1 What
is Globalisation?
1.1 Unit information
1.2 Introduction - basic definitions
1.3 Positive and negative views
1.4 Putting workers (and work) in the picture
1.5 Conclusion and summary
Unit 2 Winners
and Losers
2.1 Unit information
2.2 Workers as winners
2.3 Workers as losers
2.4 Losing out? Migrant workers
Learning Activity 1
2.5 Women - the new global workforce
2.6 Summary
Unit 3 Flexible
Labour- promise and reality
3.1 Unit information
3.2 Introduction
3.3 Fordism and mass production
3.4 Flexible specialisation and post Fordism
3.5 The end of decent work?
3.6 The importance of the informal sector
3.7 Summary
Learning Activity 2
Unit 4 Mapping
the Global Economy
4.1 Unit Information
4.2 TNCs in the global economy
4.3 The global commodity chains approach
Learning Activity 3
4.4 Women workers in the global food chain
4.5 Summary
Learning Activity 4
Conclusion
Bibliography
Further Reading
Evaluation
Contents
of CONT 1013/1023 - Globalisation and Work