ABSTRACT
This theoretical and empirical study examines the relationship between the organisation of work, industrial relations, production spaces and the dynamics of capitalist investment. Jamie Gough explores the connections between labour process change, products, local economy and society, spaces and forms of competition, and firm's locational strategies. In a path-breaking analysis he shows that these are closely bound up with the business cycle and other rhythms of investment.
Differences within the labour process are central to the argument. Gough explores the divisions between workers arising from these differences and from spatial flows of capital, and suggests strategies through which these divisions might be overcome.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |21 pages
Introduction
part |50 pages
Work in Localities
chapter |24 pages
Local Economies
chapter |16 pages
The Dynamics of Labour Processes in Place
chapter |8 pages
Locating the Workplace
part |74 pages
Manufacturing in a Metropolis
chapter |36 pages
Making Things in a Capital of Capital
part |63 pages
Changes of the Labour Process in Space and Their Rhythms
chapter |3 pages
Introduction to Part III
chapter |30 pages
Struggles over Increasing Productivity
chapter |15 pages
The Product Matters
chapter |14 pages
The Costs of Cutting Costs
part |87 pages
The Labour Process, Capital Accumulation and Beyond