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Suicides, excessive overtime, and hostility and violence on the
factory floor in China. Drawing on vivid testimonies from rural
migrant workers, student interns, managers and trade union staff,
Dying for an iPhone is a devastating expose of two of the world's
most powerful companies: Foxconn and Apple. As the leading
manufacturer of iPhones, iPads, and Kindles, and employing one
million workers in China alone, Taiwanese-invested Foxconn's drive
to dominate global electronics manufacturing has aligned perfectly
with China's goal of becoming the world leader in technology. This
book reveals the human cost of that ambition and what our demands
for the newest and best technology means for workers. Foxconn
workers have repeatedly demonstrated their power to strike at key
nodes of transnational production, challenge management and the
Chinese state, and confront global tech behemoths. Dying for an
iPhone allows us to assess the impact of global capitalism's
deepening crisis on workers.'
Around the world, hundreds of millions of labor migrants endure
exploitation, lack of basic rights, and institutionalized
discrimination and marginalization. What dynamics and drivers have
created a world in which such a huge--and rapidly growing--group
toils as marginalized men and women, existing as a lower caste
institutionally and juridically? In what ways did labor migrants
shape their living and working conditions in the past, and what
opportunities exist for them today? Global Labor Migration presents
new multidisciplinary, transregional perspectives on issues
surrounding global labor migration. The essays go beyond
disciplinary boundaries, with sociologists, ethnographers, legal
scholars, and historians contributing research that extends
comparison among and within world regions. Looking at migrant
workers from the late nineteenth century to the present day, the
contributors illustrate the need for broader perspectives that
study labor migration over longer timeframes and from wider
geographic areas. The result is a unique, much-needed collection
that delves into one of the world's most pressing issues, generates
scholarly dialogue, and proposes cutting-edge research agendas and
methods. Contributors: Bridget Anderson, Rutvica Andrijasevic,
Katie Bales, Jenny Chan, Penelope Ciancanelli, Felipe Barradas
Correia Castro Bastos, Eileen Boris, Charlie Fanning, Judy Fudge,
Jorge L. Giovannetti-Torres, Heidi Gottfried, Julie Greene, Justin
Jackson, Radhika Natarajan, Pun Ngai, Bastiaan Nugteren, Nicola
Piper, Jessica R. Pliley, Devi Sacchetto, Helen Sampson, Yael
Schacher, Joo-Cheong Tham, and Matt Withers
Suicides, excessive overtime, and hostility and violence on the
factory floor in China. Drawing on vivid testimonies from rural
migrant workers, student interns, managers and trade union staff,
Dying for an iPhone is a devastating expose of two of the world's
most powerful companies: Foxconn and Apple. As the leading
manufacturer of iPhones, iPads, and Kindles, and employing one
million workers in China alone, Taiwanese-invested Foxconn's drive
to dominate global electronics manufacturing has aligned perfectly
with China's goal of becoming the world leader in technology. This
book reveals the human cost of that ambition and what our demands
for the newest and best technology means for workers. Foxconn
workers have repeatedly demonstrated their power to strike at key
nodes of transnational production, challenge management and the
Chinese state, and confront global tech behemoths. Dying for an
iPhone allows us to assess the impact of global capitalism's
deepening crisis on workers.'
Suicides, excessive overtime, hostility and violence on the factory
floor in China. Drawing on vivid testimonies from rural migrant
workers, student interns, managers and trade union staff, Dying for
an iPhone is a devastating expose of two of the world's most
powerful companies: Foxconn and Apple. As the leading manufacturer
of iPhones, iPads and Kindles, and employing one million workers in
China alone, Taiwanese-invested Foxconn's drive to dominate global
electronics manufacturing has aligned perfectly with China's goal
of becoming the world leader in technology. This book reveals the
human cost of that ambition and what our demands for the newest and
best technology mean for workers. Foxconn workers have repeatedly
demonstrated their power to strike at key nodes of transnational
production, challenge management and the Chinese state, and
confront global tech behemoths. Dying for an iPhone allows us to
assess the impact of global capitalism's deepening crisis on
workers.
This book discusses comprehensively the use of Flipped Classrooms
in the context of legal education. The Flipped Classroom model
implies that lecture modules are delivered online to provide more
time for in-class interactivity. This book analyses the pedagogical
viability, costs and other resource-related implications, technical
aspects as well as the production and online distribution of
Flipped Classrooms. It compares the Flipped Classroom concept with
traditional law teaching methods and details its advantages and
limitations. The findings are tested by way of a case study which
serves as the basis for the development of comprehensive guidelines
for the concept's practical implementation. As Flipped Classrooms
have become a very hot topic across disciplines in recent years,
this book offers a unique resource for law teachers, law school
managers as well as researchers in the field of legal education. It
is a must-have for anyone interested in innovative law teaching
methodologies.
Around the world, hundreds of millions of labor migrants endure
exploitation, lack of basic rights, and institutionalized
discrimination and marginalization. What dynamics and drivers have
created a world in which such a huge--and rapidly growing--group
toils as marginalized men and women, existing as a lower caste
institutionally and juridically? In what ways did labor migrants
shape their living and working conditions in the past, and what
opportunities exist for them today? Global Labor Migration presents
new multidisciplinary, transregional perspectives on issues
surrounding global labor migration. The essays go beyond
disciplinary boundaries, with sociologists, ethnographers, legal
scholars, and historians contributing research that extends
comparison among and within world regions. Looking at migrant
workers from the late nineteenth century to the present day, the
contributors illustrate the need for broader perspectives that
study labor migration over longer timeframes and from wider
geographic areas. The result is a unique, much-needed collection
that delves into one of the world's most pressing issues, generates
scholarly dialogue, and proposes cutting-edge research agendas and
methods. Contributors: Bridget Anderson, Rutvica Andrijasevic,
Katie Bales, Jenny Chan, Penelope Ciancanelli, Felipe Barradas
Correia Castro Bastos, Eileen Boris, Charlie Fanning, Judy Fudge,
Jorge L. Giovannetti-Torres, Heidi Gottfried, Julie Greene, Justin
Jackson, Radhika Natarajan, Pun Ngai, Bastiaan Nugteren, Nicola
Piper, Jessica R. Pliley, Devi Sacchetto, Helen Sampson, Yael
Schacher, Joo-Cheong Tham, and Matt Withers
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