Chapter 1 Table of Contents Chapter 2 Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 3 1 Introduction: New Responses to Bad Times for Organized Labor Chapter 4 2 Theorizing Knowledge Labor Chapter 5 3 Women and Work: Feminism and Political Economy Chapter 6 4 Convergence, Solidarity, and Labor Power: The Dream of One Big Union Chapter 7 5 Labor Convergence in the Information Economy Chapter 8 6 Beyond Business as Usual: Social Movement Unionism and Information Workers Chapter 9 7 Workers in a Changing Global Division of Labor Chapter 10 References
Catherine McKercher is professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. Vincent Mosco is professor of sociology and Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society at Queen's University.
In this textured empirical and theoretical examination of the
workers in new media and information systems, Mosco and McKercher
answer Castells's technology-focused network society with a
critical sociological study of the conditions of work and the labor
struggles in the making of the new global capitalist informational
economy.
*Gerald Sussman, professor, Portland State University*
While there are many texts describing the knowledge economy and
organized labor’s decline in North America, I know of no other book
that tells the story of how knowledge workers are organizing
through convergence in the face of technological change, growing
corporate concentration, and neo-liberalism. Nor can I imagine a
more compelling set of case studies through which to develop this
critical narrative. This book is a welcome addition to scholarship
in communication studies, labor studies, and women’s studies.
*Leah Vosko, Canada Research Chair, York University*
...would be worth reading for labor educators, since they help us
understand some of the possible directions for the future labor
movement, which will certainly be more focused on creative,
knowledge, and professional workers than in the past. The
theoretical focus and readability level... as well as the
background needed, ensure that [The Laboring Community] cab ibky be
ysed selectively in noncredit labor education classes. However, in
upper-division labout studies classes, both of these books could
find a place on the list.
*Labor Studies Journal, March, 2010*
As more and more people line up to join the ranks of the creative
class, figuring out how to empower and, if possible, protect them
becomes a crucial part of our understanding of the global cultural
economy. In this groundbreaking book, Mosco and McKercher offer the
foundations for such a critical analysis.
*Mark Deuze, author of Media Work and professor, Indiana University
and Leiden University*
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