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The Other Car Workers: Work, Organisation and Technology in the Maritime Car Carrier Industry
Kahveci, Erol, Nichols, Theo
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Description for The Other Car Workers: Work, Organisation and Technology in the Maritime Car Carrier Industry
Hardcover. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TRLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
The maritime car carrier industry has been entirely neglected by social scientists. This book examines globalization changes in cost structure and dynamics; in ownership, freight, labour and other markets; in technological innovation and ship design; and in relation to car manufacturers, ship management companies and crewing agents.
The maritime car carrier industry has been entirely neglected by social scientists. This book examines globalization changes in cost structure and dynamics; in ownership, freight, labour and other markets; in technological innovation and ship design; and in relation to car manufacturers, ship management companies and crewing agents.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403941916
SKU
V9781403941916
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Kahveci, Erol, Nichols, Theo
EROL KAHVECI is a Senior Research Associate at Seafarers International Research Centre, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. His research focuses on globalization, comparative political economy, condition of labour in mining, shipping and child labour. His books include Work and Occupation in Modern Turkey (with Theo Nichols and Nadir Sugur) and The Global Seafarer (with Tony Alderton and others). ... Read more
Reviews for The Other Car Workers: Work, Organisation and Technology in the Maritime Car Carrier Industry
'This important new study focuses on the maritime car carriers which ship more than 8 million vehicles a year between the world's major markets. It makes a major contribution our understanding of the auto industry outside the assembly factory and does so by combining pioneering analysis of a globalized business with classical labour process research. The book provides a graphic ... Read more