"Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives" examines the repercussions of
economic globalization on several manufacturing-dependent rural
communities in Canada. Foregrounding a distinct interest in the
'grassroots' effects of such contemporary corporate strategies as
plant closures and downsizing, authors Anthony Winson and Belinda
Leach consider the impact of this restructuring on the residents of
various communities. The authors argue that the new rural economy
involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of
people's lives and, ultimately, it causes wrenching change and an
arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives
in the new economic terrain.
Beginning with broader theoretical and empirical literature on
global changes in the economy and the effects of these changes on
labour, the text then focuses exploration on manufacturing in
Ontario with an analysis of five community case studies. Winson and
Leach give considerable attention to the testimony of numerous
residents; they report on in-depth interviews with key respondents
and blue-collar workers in five separate communities, ranging from
diverse manufacturing towns to single-industry settlements. The
result is an intimate contextual knowledge of the workers' lives
and their attempts to adapt to the tumultuous economic terrain of
1990s rural Canada.
Winner of the John Porter Prize for 2003, awarded by the
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association.
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